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October 1796

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John Mulcaster< no role > of White Chappell Weaver Saith That Briggs
was a Worsted Weaver like himself and Work'd for the same
Warehouse That Informant and Briggs went this day
Three Weeks to the Dolphin together about Nine in the Evening
in Order to Pay in some Money to the Cutters then Assembled
there That they were to Pay in Six Shillings for twelve
Men belonging to Mrs Chauntrys Warehouse
That they had not Paid the MoneyThat two Others of
Informants Shop mates were with him and Brigg's
That they all went into the Tap Room And after they had
been in the Tap Roomofabout five Minutes the Guards
Came And as soon as they Came the Officer Placed Two of his
Men on each side the Tap Room And said "Let no Man Pass"
That as soon as he had so Planted his Man in less than
three Minutes they began to Fire Saith he cannot Say
who it was that first FiredWhether it was the Soldiers
below or the Cutters from above he cannot Say But
according to the Samed he thinks it was below
That after the first Fire there were Two or three Firings
from Above Stairs and Below That there were about
Seven Firings in all from Above and Below
Whether they were in the House or out of the House
Informant cannot tellThat after about Seven Fires
the Soldiers Fired into the Tap Room from Out of Cock
Lane and Turville Street That Informant did not
Ask to go out of the Room [..] That the first Fire into
the Tap Room Informant thinks Killed Two Persons




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