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Informations taken this Twenty fourth day
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the Deced used to come frequently into
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the Watchhouse in the Day time to Warm himself
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That he came there yesterday about three o'Clock
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in the Afternoon, Says that about four o'Clock this
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Dept. had occasion to go out and Deced said that
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he would stay there until Dept. came back if he
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would give him leave, to which Dept. agreed, and
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went out, Says that Dept. returned in about
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three Quarters of an hour and found the Watchhouse
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Door Locked as he left it, Says that he opened the
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Door with his Key, and looking around he saw the
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cut the Cord by which Deced was Hanging whilst
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another Man, who as called in, lefted up the Body
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with Deced when Dept. went out, and believes
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that the Deced Hanged Himself. Says that the
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Deced has been Dull and low Spiritted for sometime
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and was so Yesterday, and that the Deced complained
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Deced Hanging by a Cord which was about his Neck
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