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David Tolly
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has Lodged with Dept. about Twelve Years
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Says that she Deced was down Stairs twice
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on Tuesday last Jany. 7th. and wrote a Petition
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for Mrs. Robinson that Afternoon, and Dept.
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did not sea Deced afterwards alive Says that
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the next Morning he sent a Child upstairs
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with a Rowl for Deced's Breakfast, and
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Town returned saying she could not make
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him hear That he afterwards went up
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and called Deced and had no Answer, that
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a Lamplighter went up his Ladder and looked
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through the Window but could not see the
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Deced in the Room Says that a Smith was
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fetched, who forced open the Deced & Room
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Door, which was Locked, upon which Dept.
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Mr. Warren and some others went into the
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on the Floor, there between the Bed and the
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Fire Place, with his Head resting against
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the Waincott, Says that he felt the Deced
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who was dead and Cold, appearing to have
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been dead some time, Says that he observed
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no Marks of violence upon the Deced, and
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Dept. believes that the Deced Died in a fit,
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the Decd having had several Fitz before,
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Says that when he got into the Room he
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saw the Key of the Room Door lying upon some
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned before me
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