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maketh Oath that he hath known
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the deced Evan Givens between five and six Months during
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the time he has kept the House that Dept. has been in the
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habit of calling out the deced, Hence to drink that for this
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Week part Dept has observed the deced to behave in a very
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odd manner and appeared very Melancholy and low
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ted that he named to neglect his business and when he
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any person with Beer kept no dcore but used to go as if to
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do it and neglect
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it which Dept. has observed several
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times that between the hours of Eleven and twelve Yesterday
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Morning Dept.
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lling in the deced Top Room reading the Mur
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a person name in and enquired for the deced the deceds
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a
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the Girl sayed her Father the deced was gone up Stairs to
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put a Clean Shirt on said person after waiting a little time
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requested the deced Daughter to go up and call her father
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the little Girl event up Stairs for that purpose and almost
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immediately came running down Stairs screaming and sayed
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her Father (the deced) was hanging by a Rope and the believed
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was Dead Dept. immediately event up Stairs and in a two
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pair of Stairs front Room he saw the deced hanging by a Rope
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fastened to some Railing over a Closed Door in said Room
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quite Cold that
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after some others came and then Dept. quitted the Rooms
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Sworn the 21st day of
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April 1792 before me}
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