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<p n="27"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n27-1">Daniel Bowers</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ9">Servant</rs>
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to Mrs. Lowther on his Oath saith That<lb></lb>
he Was Drinking with the Deced (who was likewise Servant<lb></lb>
Lowther) on Friday last, Sat the While Horse in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo24">Knightsbridge</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and that they out from thence about Eight o'Clock in the Evening<lb></lb>
Says that they parted at the White Horse Door, that the Deced went<lb></lb>
towards home, and this Dept. towards <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo25">Knightsbridge</rs>
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, Says that<lb></lb>
the Deced called to Dept. several times desiring him to go with<lb></lb>
Deced to Milking, Deponent says that he did not go immediately<lb></lb>
and when he got to the Gate before Mrs. Lowther's House he saw<lb></lb>
two Men with Sticks in their Hands came out of the Gate by the<lb></lb>
Deponent laughing and saying, "Dam him, We have done it, or words to<lb></lb>
that Effect," Says that he then saw the Deced lye down in the<lb></lb>
Court before Mrs. Lowther's Door, Says that he called out, Thomas,<lb></lb>
but had no Answer, upon which he followed the two Men<lb></lb>
towards <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo26">St. George</rs>
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Hospital, crying out stop Thief, Says that the<lb></lb>
two Men run, and Dept. was not able to overtake them, Says<lb></lb>
that he returned to Mrs. Lowther and found the Deced lying in<lb></lb>
the Court as he left him, Says that Mr, Heley, and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n27-2">Elizabeth Davies</rs>
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<lb></lb>
came to Deced with a Candle and then Dept. saw much Blood upon<lb></lb>
the Stones in the Court, Says that the Deced was carried to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo27">St. George</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Hospital where Dept. saw a Wound upon Deced's Head, and the<lb></lb>
Surgeon put his Finger in the Wound. And this Dept. says that<lb></lb>
the Deced had been Drinking on Friday last, but was not drunk</p>
<p n="28">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n28-1">Daniel Bowers</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="29"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n29-1">Elizabeth Davies</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ10">Servant</rs>
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to Mrs. Pycott a Lodger of Mrs. Lowther<lb></lb>
in the Capacity of Cook on her Oath saith that she had been out on<lb></lb>
Friday last, and was returning home about Eight o'Clock in the<lb></lb>
Evening, Says that as she was opposite to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo28">St. George's</rs>
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Hospital she<lb></lb>
saw two Men coming to meet her, laughing, and saying "We have<lb></lb>
done it now," Says that they run by the Deced, and not many<lb></lb>
Yards after them she met <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n29-2">Daniel Bowers</rs>
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running, Says that<lb></lb>
she went bits the Court before Mrs. Lowther's Home and there found<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n29-3">Thomas Bull</rs>
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the Deced lying near the Door, Says that she look<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
of The Deced's hand and said Thomas but had no Answer<lb></lb>
Says</p>
<p n="30">Says that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n30-1">Daniel Bowers</rs>
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(who was then returned) said that<lb></lb>
two Men had come into the Court and killed Thomas, Says that<lb></lb>
a Candle was brought, and Dept. saw a great deal of Blood upon the<lb></lb>
Stones but Dept. did not see the Wound, nor was <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ11">Decedable</rs>
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to<lb></lb>
speak, Says that Deced was then carried to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo29">St. Georges<lb></lb>
Hospital</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="31"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n31-1">Elizabeth Davies</rs>
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</p>
<p n="32"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n32-1">John Haley</rs>
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Servant to Mrs. Lowther on his Oath saith, that<lb></lb>
on the Twenty seventh day of December last About Eight o Clock<lb></lb>
in the Evening, Dept. was assleep in Mrs. Lowther's Kitchin, Says that<lb></lb>
he was awaked by one of the Servants, and running into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo30">the<lb></lb>
Passage</rs>
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Dept. was informed by <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n32-2">Daniel Bowers</rs>
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that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n32-3">Thomas Bull</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Deced was killed upon which Dept. came into the Court and<lb></lb>
saw the Deced lying upon the Ground there, Says that he lifted<lb></lb>
up the Deced upon his Backside and spoke to Deced, but had no<lb></lb>
Answer, and Deced saw Deced's hair Bloody and much<lb></lb>
Blood upon the Stones, Says that Deced was not able to move,<lb></lb>
and that he was soon carried to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo31">St George's Hospital</rs>
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, where<lb></lb>
he died yesterday Morning.</p>
<p n="33"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n33-1">Geo Maley</rs>
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</p>
<p n="34">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
year & Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n34-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ12">Coroner</rs>
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