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<p n="2048">I ran down to the Water Edge and I drew<lb></lb>
a man by his Legs Room the Water Edge<lb></lb>
and I told the Boy to run and get some<lb></lb>
Assistance to move the deceased out of the<lb></lb>
Reach of the Tide and soon afterwards the<lb></lb>
Boy returned with two other Persons who<lb></lb>
assisted me in concerning the deceased upon <lb></lb>
the Bank of the said River and them Examined his Pocket<lb></lb>
and found therein one Shillings in Silver &<lb></lb>
two Silver Sleeve Button's and one of the <lb></lb>
Persons who assisted me in moving him on the<lb></lb>
Bank found in his left hand Breaches<lb></lb>
Pocket 4½d and 2 farthings and in his Jacket<lb></lb>
Pocket a Pocket Knife and a Protection<lb></lb>
and some Bills in his Side Pocket, of the<lb></lb>
abot. 2 or 3 hours afterwards he was carried<lb></lb>
into the Hand Eagle and somebody acquainted<lb></lb>
his Friends with the Accident who brot. a Shell<lb></lb>
into which he was puts, between, where or by what<lb></lb>
he was drowned I know not his Face appeared to be bruised<lb></lb>
by rubbing at the bottom of the River but no<obscured></obscured>
Marks of Violence</p>
<p n="2049">The<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Mark<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n2049-1">Charles Iles</rs>
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</p>
<p n="2050">The Verdict Found drowned but when where have<lb></lb>
or by what means did not come to the knowledge<lb></lb>
of the Jury</p>
<p n="2051"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n2051-1">Joseph Cass</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ1070">Foreman</rs>
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