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I ran down to the Water Edge and I drew
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a man by his Legs Room the Water Edge
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and I told the Boy to run and get some
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Assistance to move the deceased out of the
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Reach of the Tide and soon afterwards the
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Boy returned with two other Persons who
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assisted me in concerning the deceased upon
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the Bank of the said River and them Examined his Pocket
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and found therein one Shillings in Silver &
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two Silver Sleeve Button's and one of the
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Persons who assisted me in moving him on the
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Bank found in his left hand Breaches
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Pocket 4½d and 2 farthings and in his Jacket
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Pocket a Pocket Knife and a Protection
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and some Bills in his Side Pocket, of the
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abot. 2 or 3 hours afterwards he was carried
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into the Hand Eagle and somebody acquainted
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his Friends with the Accident who brot. a Shell
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into which he was puts, between, where or by what
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he was drowned I know not his Face appeared to be bruised
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by rubbing at the bottom of the River but no
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Marks of Violence
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Charles Iles
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The Verdict Found drowned but when where have
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