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Thomas Prickard
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touching the Death of
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Owen Leonard
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then and
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there lying Dead as follow.
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Joseph Dring
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of No. 3 Edwards Court near
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on his
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Oath says that on Thursday last between 10 & 11 in the Morning at
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Lord Donegalls in
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, the Deceased had Leon on an
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Errand for one of the Men and came up the Pand Stain Case
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and coming down round the back Stair Case, there was a Scaffold
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raised about two foot pan the Landing and going to creep under the
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said Scaffold he laid one of his hands on the canon of the Scaffold
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board's & the other hand on the carnor of the Stone Steps, and lost
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his hold with his left hand on the Scaffold board and his hand
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falling from the Scaffold he could not Recover himself and so fell down
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on the Stone Steps from one Landing to the other the Deponent was about there Yards and a half
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from the Deced on the Landing Place with a Pact of Water for the
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Men who were at work as
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on the said Scaffold, the Depont.
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called to the Men who were at work on the Scaffold and they
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immediately came and took him up, and Deponent went and fetched
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a
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who Bled him, and was afterwards carried to
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Pennell Cole
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to St. George's Hospital on his Oath
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that the Deced was housful into the St. Hospital Thursday last
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in the Morning
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, he appeared to have a large Fracture on his head, a large
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peice of Bone which had touched the Brain was taken out, and the
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Fracture extended down from the Eye toward the lower part of the
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Shall, that the deced did on Saturday Morning last and that he
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verily believes the said Fracture to be the cause of his Death.
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William Robson
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in
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little Castle Street
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Oxford Marker
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Plastrior
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on his Oath says
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that on Thursday last about half an hour of her 9 in the Morning, he
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heard a Noise but did not see the Deced till he saw him lying on
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the Stone Steps below, the
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Deponent and Mr. Lowett were at
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