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of Adam a Digging Yard
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had lodged almost
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Seven Weeks with the Deced, That yesterday
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Morning about Nine o'Clock Dept. went up
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Stairs to Deced's Room Door and finding it
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fastened she called, and Deced in the Room
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said hat he was not well and could not open
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the Door, Says that in about an hour after
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a soldier came for a Pair of Shoes which
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Deced had to Mind, and after calling several
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times and having no Answer the Soldier forced
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open the Door with a Hatchett in the presence
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of this Dept. and Mr. & Mrs. Hawkes, and they went
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into the Room, but Deced went down Stairs
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and did not see the Deced until he was cut
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down, and Dept believes that the Deced
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Hanged himself
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The Mark of
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Elizabeth Rogers
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Richard Hawkes
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Peter Street
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Butcher
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on his
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Oath saith, That yesterday Morning Mr. Rogers
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came to Dept. saying that she had been to Deced;
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Room, who said that he was not well and could
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not open the Door, upon which he went to
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the Door and called several times but Deced
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made no Answer, That a little after a
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came for a pair of Shoes who went with
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Dept. to the Door, and called something and
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had no Answer, and finding the Door fastened
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the Soldier with a Halchet forced open the Door
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and went in with Dept. Says that he saw
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the Deced Hanging by a Cord which was put
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around a Shelf at the Read of Deceds Bed
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and about the Deced's Neck, Says that he cut
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the Cord and Deced dropped
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upon the Bed, Says that
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an
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bled the Deced in the Arm
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& that he bled about half a Tea Cup full
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but the Deced was dead, the not Cold
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Says that the Door was locked and that he
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found the Key upon the Deced's Working Seat
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on the inside of the Room from whence this
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Dept. believes that the Deced Hanged himself
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Severally Sworn the Day
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Year & Place abovementioned
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before me}
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