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Informations of Witnesses taken upon Oath
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this 20th, day of August 1778, at the Dwelling House of
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Mr. Girdleston the Sign of the
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in the Evening, Says he called on the Deced, and they went
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Deced to go first which he did Paddling along, and when
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he got about opposite to Lord Lincolns Causeway, he heard one
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and then three Men went into the Water and one found the
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