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or three Years and that the deceased had told
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him he had been often affected with a violent
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Defluction from the Nostrils and that a Little
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before this Deponents know him it had ceased
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and that it had greatly impaired his Constitution
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he was a man of a very week irritable habit
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which is the predisposing Cause of Insanity
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but this Deponent near saw very any actual
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he must acknowledge that
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he might
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frequently have been so and this Deponent
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further sayeth this he was very likely to become
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insane and has not the hart doubt of his
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being insane on Yesterday the 4th. Instant when
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he shot himself
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to the deceased
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above twenty Years being sworn deporeth and
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saieth that the deceased
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of & very weak Constituters
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and had a wetny head and often said that he ought
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to shot in like manner as Horse with the Glendon
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but has not for 4 or 5 Years last past
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been affected with that wetny disorder in his
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more agitated
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and deranged in his mind ever since which has
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increased much of late that about ½ past
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12 o'Clock
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12 o'Clock Yesterday at noon she went to him
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as usual when he order'd his Dinner and
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appeared to he very low and dejected and
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said he was very bad and would have fallon
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down if she had not supported him and
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said in like manner as he had numbers of
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times before, he wished some body would
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shoot him his hands shook very much
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and said he had the Palsey, desired her to
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very him some strawberries which she did
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and when she returned he was gone out
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and she left the strawberries in the
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board in the Parlour and went out of the
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house again immediately upon other business
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and returned again about ½ part 2 and was
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then informed he was up Stairsthat at
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3 o'Clock his Dinner being ready, she went up
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Stairs to his bed Chamber the door of which
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was Partly open and upon her entering the
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Room she saw the deceased ritting in a
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Chair with his head reclining over the back
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of it and a
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had pit appeared to this Deponent that he has
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himself
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thro' the Head with a Pistol which was in his night hand and to be quite dead.
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whereuponsthe screamed out and Mr
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Kightley
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