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1775 at the Parish of
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on his Oath saith That on Sunday last (January 1st.) a little
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after nine o'Clock in the Foreman Dept. was going along
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they walked together ever Westmr. Bridge, and on their We
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Dept. said to Deced that he understood he was to fight
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that Morning (the Agreement being made Decr. 27th. last at night in Dept. hearing,) to which Deced answered
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that he was to fight said Boyce that Morning at Ten
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that he should be back time enough and expected
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there would be twenty Butchers at Mr. Hubbards the
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Sign of the Anchor and Vine Charging Cross when he
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got back and that it Boyce beat him then he would fichet him arms in a month. Says that they by the first Turn fuke
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beyond Westmr. Bridge, and Dept. went on Business
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into Wallnut
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, That on his Return he most
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the Deced between
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with Seven or Eight Men in his Company, when Deced
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said that he was going to meet Boyce by Appointment
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to fight him, Says
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that he went with Deced to the Bell, That Boyce was
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not there then, but came there in a Quarter of an
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hour at less, Says that Boyce and the Deced talked
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together in the Tap room about five Minutes, but Dept.
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was not near enough to hear what they said, That Boyce
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went out, and not returning the Deced in about ten
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Minutes went into
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, where he wanted above
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a Quarter of an hour before Boyce came, That Boyce
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then went to a Publick House near the End of the
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, and that the Deced after Staying in the Fields a few
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Minutes went into a ublick House in
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Rochester
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Row
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Dept. in the Fields, that a Ring was made and that
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likewise in the fields, that a Ring was made and that
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Boyce and the Deced come into it, and Stripped off their
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Clothes and went to Fighting, each of them having his Second
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