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yesterday about half after twelve at noon the deced came
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to the abovemd. house and Dept shewed him into a room
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on the first pair of stairs, and afterward brot him a
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head Inch and some paperthe their rang and dept
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went to him & as he worked her the direction of the house
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which Dept told him but he could not understand her, and
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he came down stairs to have it work for lineDept
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afterwards took the deced some Lemonade When she
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went into the room he was leaning his head on the Table, & so
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marked on her retering the room & looked at Lorvery
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earnestlyafterwards Dept he and the deced asked her
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Mistress for a Porter to take a letter for him, & her Mistress
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gave Dept a letter to take for him top its Lambeth road,
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which she took a delivered, and then returned and went up to
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the decd to take him a he had delivered the letter when
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she saw the deced sitting leavg in a chair conered with
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blood which pishtened her & she ran down stairs and
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infomd Mr. Pegg a Porter who was standg. at her his shops
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Sworn the 11 day of June 1799
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before me
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