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on his Oath
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saith That on Saturday last the Seventh Instant
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this Dept. worked at Mrs. Ward a Surveyor's House
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o'Clock that Afternoon Dept. went into the
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Back Yard to leave his Tools when he saw the
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Deced lying dead and bleeding from his
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Mouth Nose and Ears and having a large
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Surgeons were fetched who Examined the
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Deced and endeavoured to bleed him, but
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a Machine at a Window over the Place
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where Deced lay, was informed that the
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thereby reced the hurt abovementioned
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on his Oath saith That he worked last Saturday
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the Deced, who was a Painter
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likewise at Work there Says that about Two
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o'Clock he saw the Deced take the Machine (upon which he painted from one of the Forenoon
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into the Back room, to Paint the outside of the
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Window, Says that about a Quarter after three
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a Brick layer in the Back Yard cryed out
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that a Man was dead there, upon which he
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looked
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went down and saw the Deced lye dead there,
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