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1766 of the
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lying Dead in
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Haberdasher
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Saith, That
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Joseph Burgaine
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the Deced has been a Lodger in
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one of the Garrets in Depts. House for about six week last past,
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Says that he saw the Deced go out East Sunday Morning, That
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being at Dinner yesterday between the hours of one & two
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in the Afternoon, Dept. saw
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Wife to the Deced
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come into the House and immediately go up Stairs, Says that
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he heard said Sarah knock, and several times call Joseph
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Says that in about a Quarter of an hom said Sarah come
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down Stairs and told Dept. that the found the Door of her Room
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looked, that she called to him, and had no Answer, and that she
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had looked thro' the Key hole, but could not see her Husband on
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the Bed, Upon which this Dept. and
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another
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Lodges went up Stairs, Says that he found the Deced's room
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Door locked and the Key in the Lock on the inside of the Door,
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Says that said
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with a Chesil forced open the Door
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and went into the Room, and this Dept. immediately followed
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and afterwards Sarah Burgaine, Says that he than saw the
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Deced hanging behind the Door in a Corner of the Room, with
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a Silk Handkerchief fastened about his Neck, and over the
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top of a Chair, the Deced's knees being very near the Floor, Says
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that he lift up the Deced and said Mr. Norton with the Chesil
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cut the Handkerchief by which the Deced was hanging, Says
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that the Deced's, hands were then cold that Mr. Rayn a Surgeon
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was fetched who bled the Deced in
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bled the Deced
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both Arms, but
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the Deced bled very little, and Mr. Rayn said that the Deced was
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a Dead Man, and Dept. observed no Signs of Life in him and
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Dept. believes that the Deced housed himself Says that the
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Deced appeared to be a Sober Man, and kept good hours, but
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always very serious,
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