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Informations of Witnesses taken this 26th. day
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sworn deponth that about 8 o' Clock on Saturday
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evening last the 24th. Octr. Inst. her Daughter
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turned of Eleven Years went as usual take same
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Bolls to the deceased who lodged in the two Wm.
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back Room where the saw him knowling, as she
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her when the spoke to him she was
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frightened and ran down Stairs and informed this
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Deponent when there upon went up Stairs
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immediately and found his in the Situation
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as mentioned by her Daughter, and she (not
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observing that he was hanging by the Neck)
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took hold of his hand and likewise felt his
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hair both of which were somewhat warm
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she was also alarmed and called to a Lodger
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in the adjourning Room who came there
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beneath who came up and discovered that he
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