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Informations of Witnesses taken at the Dwelling House of
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then and there lying
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about 14 Years of age maketh oath that yesterday afternoon about the hour
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of three he saw the deced who was also a lad about 14 years of age strip
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himself & so into the River at
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walked into the Water into the middle of the Stream, and presently afterwards
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while Dept was looking at a Man who was swimming, his attention was called
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then perceived the deced
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