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dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
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William Barton
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Parish of
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on his Oath saith
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that Yesterday Evening about half at hour after nine
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o'Clock Dept. being at his own Door was informed by some
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, Says that he immediately went into Wurleigh Court in the Parish of
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and in a House there (kept by Mr. Wilson as Dept. was inform
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in a Room one pair of Stairs, he saw the Deced hanging by
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a Linnen Neck cloth tyed around the Wooden Rail at the
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Feet of a Bed and fixed about the Deced's Neck, Says that
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Dept. and his Brother lifted up the Deced and that another
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being dead as Dept. believes, but not quite Cold in the Body
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Surgeon fetched, who said that the Deced was Dead and
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that it was too late to attempt Bleeding.
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Weaver
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on his Oath saith That
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John Adams
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the
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Deced has lodged with Dept. ever since last May (excepting
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one Month Deced was in the Courtney) Says that Deced came
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home last Tuesday Night about Ten o'Clock much in Liquor
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Says that he then looked very will and distracted, and in
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a short time went up Stairs into his Room on the First Floor
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Says that a Soldier Say with Deced, who went out yesterday
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Morning about Six o'Clock, and did not returnuntil the
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Evening as Dept. was informed, Says that he went out yesterday
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about Eleven o'Clock, and returned home a little, before Nine
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o'Clock in the Evening, when he was informed by his Wife that Deced
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