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Says that in about ten Minutes the Deced
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and went went out again and this dept. soon
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followed, and found west upon the Stairs and
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the deced by the side of the Barge. That the
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Deced got upon the Barge and said. come George,
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let us take a walk on the Barges which Dept.
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did, and they both walked the length of four
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Barges, that they both went in to a Boat that
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was Chained there to a lighter and staid there about
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five Minutes, That Dept., then got into a Lighter
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and as he walked along it towards the Shore
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his foot slipped, and dept, looked around and
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saw the Deced in another Lighter stooping
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down but Dept did not speak to him, and
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went to the Shore along the Lighters, the Tide
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being then Flowing, Says that Honver who
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was upon the shore asked Dept. where Rowlet
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was, and called Rowlet three times and having
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no Answer dept. went bach upon the Lighters
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to see for Deced and called to him several times
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but could neither see or hear of him, and
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Dept. then thought that the Deced was either
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Drowned in the
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or gone to shore
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over the Lighters to
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Hungerford Stairs
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. Says
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that they all went away. That he did not
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afterwards see the Deced alive, That he was told
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afterwards that the Deced was found Drowned
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in the
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near the Place where dept. saw
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him walk upon the Lighter, and that Dept. does believes
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the Deced Accidentally fell from the lighter into the
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River and was drowned no person being at that
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him in the Lighter with Deced.
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Sworn the Day year & place
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abovementioned, before me
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Tho. Prickard
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George Ross
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