or three Years and that the deceased had told
him he had been often affected with a violent
Defluction from the Nostrils and that a Little
before this Deponents know him it had ceased
and that it had greatly impaired his Constitution
he was a man of a very week irritable habit
which is the predisposing Cause of Insanity
but this Deponent near saw very any actual
Symptomsin [..] of Insanity in him but at the
sametimehe must acknowledge that [..] he might
frequently have been so and this Deponent
further sayeth this he was very likely to become
insane and has not the hart doubt of his
being insane on Yesterday the 4th. Instant when
he shot himself

John Ring< no role >

Catherine Caddick< no role > , Housekeeper to the deceased
above twenty Years being sworn deporeth and
saieth that the deceased [..] of & very weak Constituters
and had a wetny head and often said that he ought
to shot in like manner as Horse with the Glendon
but has not for 4 or 5 Years last pasthad
been affected with that wetny disorder in his
head, but his been much [..] more agitated
and deranged in his mind ever since which has
increased much of late that about ½ past
12 o'Clock

12 o'Clock Yesterday at noon she went to him
as usual when he order'd his Dinner and
appeared to he very low and dejected and
said he was very bad and would have fallon
down if she had not supported him and
said in like manner as he had numbers of
times before, he wished some body would
shoot him his hands shook very much
and said he had the Palsey, desired her to
very him some strawberries which she did
and when she returned he was gone out
and she left the strawberries in the [..]
board in the Parlour and went out of the
house again immediately upon other business
and returned again about ½ part 2 and was
then informed he was up Stairsthat at
3 o'Clock his Dinner being ready, she went up
Stairs to his bed Chamber the door of which
was Partly open and upon her entering the
Room she saw the deceased ritting in a
Chair with his head reclining over the back
of it and a [..] Quantity of blood on the Floor
had pit appeared to this Deponent that he has [..] himself [..] thro' the Head with a Pistol which was in his night hand and to be quite dead.
whereuponsthe screamed out and MrSmith
Kightley