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<p n="148">some hard Words which occasioned this Duel, Says that he asked Deced<lb></lb>
if he had any Second to which Deced replied that he had not, but that<lb></lb>
Lieutenant Span had one, and said that he (the Deced) had a Post Chaire<lb></lb>
ready to carry him off if he had killed the said Lieutenant Span, Deponent<lb></lb>
says that he asked Deced where he would have gone to which Deced<lb></lb>
Answered he could not tell, Deponent says that Deced was of a<lb></lb>
Quarrel some Disposition, and Deced informed Deponent that he has<lb></lb>
fought a Duel at Nova Scotia with a Lieutenant belonging to the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo204">Richmond</rs>
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Man of War, on Board of which Ship Deced had been <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ65">Surgeon</rs>
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<p n="149">R.M.</p>
<p n="150"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n150-1">William Walker</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ66">House Surgeon</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo205">St. George's</rs>
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Hospital on his Oath<lb></lb>
saith that about three O'Clock in the Afternoon on Sunday last the<lb></lb>
Deced was brought in a Post Chaise to said Hospital, Says that he<lb></lb>
observed the Deced was Wounded under the right Arm, Says that<lb></lb>
he immediately sent for Mr. Hawkins <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ67">one of the Surgeons</rs>
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belonging<lb></lb>
to said Hospital, says that Mr. Hawkins soon after came there and<lb></lb>
Examined the Deced's Wound and laid it open, Says that Mr.<lb></lb>
Hawkins declared that one or more of the Deced's Ribs were broke<lb></lb>
and took out several pieces of Bones, Says that proper care we<lb></lb>
taken of the Deced in said Hospital, says that Deced grew worse, and that<lb></lb>
Deced died in said Hospital on Monday Night last about Eleven O Clock,<lb></lb>
Deponent says that he believes the Wound was reced by a Bullet entering in<lb></lb>
there, and is of Opinion that the Wound was the Occasion of the Death of<lb></lb>
the Deced.</p>
<p n="151">W W.</p>
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