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a lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty
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and seven o'Clock this Morning Dept. was alarmed by his Wife
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the Deced had hanged himself in his Room upon which
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Dept. took a Ladder and put it up against the House of
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in said Street, where Deced lodged, Says
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that he went up the Ladder put up the Jash of Deced Room
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on the First Floor and went in, and was followed immediately by
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Mr. Harris, Says that he then Discovered the Deced Hanging
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by the Side of the Bad, with a small Lord about his Neck
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which was fixed to an Iron hook drove into one of the
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Joiffs, Says that he put his Hand upon the Deceds Should
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and found him quite Stiff and told, and believes that the
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Deced had been Dead some time, Says that the Deceds
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Room door was single locked (being a Spring Lock,) and
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the Key in the Lock on the inside of the Room. and Says
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that the Door did not appear to be at all forced. Says that
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he has known the Deced about fifteen Years, and that
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he was at times very low Spirited and Melancholy.
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Says that the Deced has had losses, which greatly
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troubled him.
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Servant to Mr. Luckyn in
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on his Oath saith, That he has known the Deced five on Six
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Years and that the Deced used to call upon this Depont. very
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often, that he used to be low Spirited, and particularly of
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late, Says that the Deced called upon Deced on Tuesday
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