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Robert Rusby
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maketh Oath that he hath Known deced between ten &
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eleven Weeks that he was also a Watchman in the Service of
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the
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on Friday Night last (Dept. left the deced in the Watchhouse)
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belonging to the Company situate at the bottom of Darset
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in the Parish of Saint Bridget als Bride
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on
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Deced Wharf adjoining the
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he being appointed with Dept. to watch the Wharf that Night That soon after
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Dept. returned again to the Watchhouse and missed the
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deced & Dept. went and acquainted Mr. Rose who lives on the
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Wharf of missing the deced and requested him to
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of his Servants attend the
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searched the
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after the deced but could find nothing of him Dept.
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continued on the Watch that Night and the next Morning
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Dept. Leard the deced was found drowned Dept. says the
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deced complained of a Dizziness in his head
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when he went on the Watch. Dept. has seen the deced this
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Evening lying dead in the Poor house of
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Robt. Rusby
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in the precinct of home White Frier
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maketh Oath that a little after night OClock on Saturday Morning
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last Dept. going along a Plank into a Barge lying at
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Trimmer & Howards Wharf he saw the deced lying upon the
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send a few Yards a head of the Barge with his face down and
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Dept. got assistance and got him into the Barge.
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