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Informations of Witnesses taken at the Parish
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maketh oath that last Friday morning about nine o'clock
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in the morning Dept. who
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in Chambers up three pair of
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outer door of his Chambers when he gave Dept some milk
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to her breakfast which he often didthat he appeared then
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went into his Roome and Dept went into hersthat about
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half an hour afterwards while a Dept was in her room at Breakfast
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one hour afterwards William Rarrow who usually attended on the
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came & knocked at his chambers door several times &
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knocked at Depts. door and asked her if she had seen Mr. Slaughter
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& Dept answered that he was gone out & that he went out in hard
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she had heard him shut his doorthe bid Dept late Mr.
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Slaughter when she should see him that he had been there
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