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some hard Words which occasioned this Duel, Says that he asked Deced
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if he had any Second to which Deced replied that he had not, but that
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Lieutenant Span had one, and said that he (the Deced) had a Post Chaire
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ready to carry him off if he had killed the said Lieutenant Span, Deponent
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says that he asked Deced where he would have gone to which Deced
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Answered he could not tell, Deponent says that Deced was of a
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Quarrel some Disposition, and Deced informed Deponent that he has
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fought a Duel at Nova Scotia with a Lieutenant belonging to the
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Richmond
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Man of War, on Board of which Ship Deced had been
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R.M.
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William Walker
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House Surgeon
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St. George's
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Hospital on his Oath
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saith that about three O'Clock in the Afternoon on Sunday last the
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Deced was brought in a Post Chaise to said Hospital, Says that he
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observed the Deced was Wounded under the right Arm, Says that
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he immediately sent for Mr. Hawkins
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one of the Surgeons
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belonging
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to said Hospital, says that Mr. Hawkins soon after came there and
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Examined the Deced's Wound and laid it open, Says that Mr.
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Hawkins declared that one or more of the Deced's Ribs were broke
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and took out several pieces of Bones, Says that proper care we
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taken of the Deced in said Hospital, says that Deced grew worse, and that
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Deced died in said Hospital on Monday Night last about Eleven O Clock,
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Deponent says that he believes the Wound was reced by a Bullet entering in
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there, and is of Opinion that the Wound was the Occasion of the Death of
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the Deced.
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