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<p n="139"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo161">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo162">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="140">Informations taken this Thirtieth<lb></lb>
day of January 1776 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo163">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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within the<lb></lb>
Libety of Westmr. in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo164">Midsex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
upon an Inquisition touching the Death of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n140-1">Robert Moules</rs>
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lying dead in the said<lb></lb>
Parish Liberty and County,</p>
<p n="141"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n141-1">Richard Green</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ44">Victualler</rs>
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at the Sign of the Fox<lb></lb>
in Hungerford in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo165">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of Westmr, on his Oath saith, That<lb></lb>
on Firday last 26th of January Instant about three<lb></lb>
o'Clock in the Afternoon Dept. being in his Taproom<lb></lb>
when <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n141-2">Robert Moules</rs>
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the Deced came into his<lb></lb>
Taproom, and sat down upon a Bench, then<lb></lb>
took hold of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n141-3">John Lowland</rs>
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a Black the Waiter who stood there<lb></lb>
pulled him to him and put said Lowland upon<lb></lb>
the Table and with his Hand Struck Lowland<lb></lb>
upon his Backside, in play and for Diversion, says<lb></lb>
that the Deced and Lowland took hold of Each other<lb></lb>
and were strugling together at the End of the Table<lb></lb>
in the Taproom, the Deced having Lawland's Head<lb></lb>
under his Arm, Says that the Deced said "John<lb></lb>
leave off, for I have hurt myself in my Groin"<lb></lb>
upon which Lowland immediately let go his held<lb></lb>
and Deced laid himself down upon the Bench for about<lb></lb>
half a minute, then got up an walked in the<lb></lb>
Taproom putting his Hand to his Belly and saying<lb></lb>
that he had hurt his Groin, but Dept. dud not see<lb></lb>
him go out. Says that Lowland did not strike<lb></lb>
or Kick, the Deced, and that the Strugle was only<lb></lb>
for Diversion and not in anger, the Deced and<lb></lb>
Lowland being always in Friendship,</p>
<p n="142"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n142-1">Pricked Green</rs>
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