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Westmr. and that he usually lay in the House
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Deced had lodged in a Room on the same Floor with
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this Dept. about three months, says that he saw the
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Deced going up Stairs towards his apartmt on Tuesday
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night last, about Eight o'Clock, and that he heard
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the Deced Cough and move in his own Room upstairs
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morning about four o'clock, Says that he this Dept
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came down Stairs yesterday Morning a Little before
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Seven o'Clock and found the Deced hanging by a Cord
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fastened to a piece of Timber near the Street on two
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Door and around the Deced's neck, Says that he
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did not touch the Deced but ran upstairs, and
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alarmed the People in the House and Took Joures
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Fennell down with him to Deced, says, that he
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the Deced was laid on the Ground, says that the
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with the Assistance of other People carried the
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Says that the Deced used to walk about the Room at
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