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Informations taken this Twenty fourth
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Grey hound in
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the Deced
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who Sold Coals, in
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aforesaid
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and that on Monday Night lost (March 22d.)
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he went to the Deced who was in Bed. ill,
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Says that the Deced got up, and in about
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half an hour went into Bed again, Says
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that the Deced complained much of his
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Head and said that he was uneasy in
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his Mind, and that he
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had never had
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a happy day since he left the Stables in
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and believed he should or ever
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have another, Says that the Deced told
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Dept. to be save to come there in the
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Morning, Says that he left Deced in
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Bed between Ten and Eleven o Clock
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the Rafter, but Dept. was frightened, & went
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