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Informations of Witnesses taken
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28th day of June
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a Lodger at No.2 Taylors Court
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to Mr.
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Cow Keeper maketh
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Oath that Dept. & the deced (who was also a Servant to said
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Mr. Richardson) were employed on
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Tuesday
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last in driving each a team of Horses drawing a Cart
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loaded with Soil from London to Haydon Fields in the
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that about ½ past two in the
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afternoon of same day upon their arrival at Haydon Fields
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the deced with his team turned off from the Road into the
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being just before Dept. with his team that the
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deced was on the near side of his Horses abroad of the
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Middle horse drawing the Cart that the deced had hold
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of the Chain of the Middle horse that the Horses instead
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of turning off to the right to go into the Field turned short
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round to the left and by that means the stick fixed in the
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hit against the deced
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and forced him to the Ground and the near Wheel of
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the Cart passed
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and also over his body that the Horses were stopped
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and Dept. went and picked the deced up that he appeared
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very much hurt and some blood came from his back
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that he was speechless that soon after the deced was put
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where Dept. saw the deced this afternoon lying dead
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Sworn the 28th day of
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June 179 before me
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