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Soon after the Depont. returned
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the Deced went out of the Shop
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into the Parlour, but Dept. cannot tell where he went from thence,
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Says that about five Minutes after that, Depts. Master laid down
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a Hat which he was Cocking, Saying it was too dark to see, and went
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into the Parlour likewise, where he used to Sit, Says that in
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about five Minutes after his Master's going into the Parlour Dept.
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continuing in the Shop, and taking the Stockings out of the Window,
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he heard some body fall upon the Ground before the Shop in
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which Dept. was, Says that he looked out immediately and saw
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two Men lying on the Ground, Opposite to the House wherein
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Dept. was, Says that he was going out at the Shop Door to see who
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lay there, & was stopped by a Man there who told Dept. that his
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Brother was Dead, Dept. says that he was much frightend, took
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his Hat and went out in order to fetch Mr. Haines the Apothecary
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Says that he then found, one of the Man to be the Deced, Says that
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when he returned from the
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, the Deced had been
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carried into the Shop, and laid upon the Counter, Says that the
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Deced was then Dead, and that there was much Blood about the
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Deced Head,
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H: Hogan
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Barney Tormay
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to Mr.
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John Dunn
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at the Red Lyon
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in Russell Street
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Victualler
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on his Oath saith, that about six o'
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Clock yesterday Afternoon Deponent to was standing at his Master's
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Door (which is nearly opposite to Mr. Eastgates House) Says that a Porter
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was drinking a pennyworth of Beer at the Door with Deponent,
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Says that the Porter ( who is Name Dept. does not know) cryed out
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See how the Man comes tumbling down to the Ground, upon
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which Deponent looked and saw the Deced fall upon the Ground
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before Mr. Eastgates House says that the Deced was within about two yards of the Ground
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when Dept. first saw him, Says that he looked and saw one
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of the Garret Windows in Mr. Eastgate's House open, and no
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other window open in the House
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and Dept. believes that
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he fell out of that Garret Window, Says that he came over
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to Deced and lifted him up, and that another Man lay upon
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the Ground with Deced, which the Deced fell upon an Deponent
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believes, Dept. says that there was much Blood upon the Ground
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which came from the Deced's Head which bled very much, and
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says that the Deced was then Deced. Says that he saw no Person
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in the Garret from which (as Dept. believes) the Deced fell.
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The Mark of
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Barney Tormay.
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Dorothy Brown
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to Mr.
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Thomas Eastgate
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on her Oath
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saith that she was in the Kitchin in her Mother's House all the
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Afternoon yesterday, says that about six o'Clock she was alarmd
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with a Now in the Street that somebody was fallen out of a
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Window, Says that she came up immediately and met Miss Eastgate
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her Master, and Mistress, coming out of the Shop into the Parlour
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and was told by Miss
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Eastgate
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that it was her Brother that fell
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down, Says that she saw the Deced lye upon the Ground upon her
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Back and Dept. believes that he was then Dead, Says that she Made
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the Bed one of in the Garrets yesterday in the forenoon, and that she left
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the Garret Window open at that time, Says that she head no
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Person go up Stairs yesterday Afternoon about the time that
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the Accident happened nor any talking upon the Stairs, Dept
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says that she thinks it possible for a person to fall out of the
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Garret Window in shutting the Window.
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Dorothy Brown
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Samuel Howard
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Jacob Minors
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William
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Haines
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, on their Oath severally say, that they
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this day Examined the Deced, and find the back part of the
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Deceds Scull Fractured, and believe it to be the immediate cauce of the
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Death of the Deced.
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S. Howard
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Jb. Minors
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Wm Haynes
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Severally Sworn the Day Year
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& Place abovementioned, before me
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