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<p n="1286">the Deced, Says that the Deced was dead and<lb></lb>
believes that he Accidentally fell in to the well and was Drowned</p>
<p n="1287"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1287-1">Thos. Hodges</rs>
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<p n="1288"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1288-1">Hester<del>Hodges</del>
Ireland</rs>
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(commonly called <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1288-91">Hodges</rs>
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) on her<lb></lb>
Oath saith, That on Friday last she drank some Beer<lb></lb>
with Mr. Hodges and the Deced at Mr. Aggett's Door<lb></lb>
That the Deced afterwards bought some Box of Mr.<lb></lb>
Hodges, which was put into a Bag, and more Beer<lb></lb>
was drank there, when the Deced and Mr. Hodges<lb></lb>
were Intoxicated and Hodges went to Bed, & Deced<lb></lb>
and Dept. went to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1295">the Feathers</rs>
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where they drank<lb></lb>
more Liquor, and about half hour after Nine o'Clock<lb></lb>
Deced & this Dept went out together and Deced<lb></lb>
went towards home as Dept. thought, and Dept.<lb></lb>
went into her House, when Mr. Hodges turned her<lb></lb>
out and she was all night in the Necessary House<lb></lb>
Says that in the Morning Mr. Hodges said there was<lb></lb>
a Man in the well, and Dept. says that she did not See<lb></lb>
the Deced from the time they come out together<lb></lb>
from <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1296">the Feathers</rs>
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until she saw him lying in<lb></lb>
the well to her knowledged and Dept. believes that the Deced fell<lb></lb>
in there by Accident and was Drowned.</p>
<p n="1289">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1289-1">Hester Ireland</rs>
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<p n="1290"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year & Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1290-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65214_occ411">Coroner</rs>
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