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Informations taken this
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Twenty third day
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of December 1768
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on an Inquisition
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touching the Death of Mr. Basti (whose Christian Name is unknown
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lying dead in the said Parish City Liberty & County
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Beadle of the said Parish on his Oath saith That on Monday
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last about Noon (Decr. 19th.) Mr. Foley and two other Men
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come to Depts. House and informed him that a Man lay
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dead by the Thames side on
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having been
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Murdered Says that he went with the Men immediately
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and saw the Deced lying by the side of the Thames near Mr. Spains's Timber
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Yard on
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Waistcoat laid over his Face and Breast, having a
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Silver Shoes & Knee Buckles, and Stockings on, but
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there being neither Coat Hat or Sword, Says that the
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Deced was Dead, and that he had a Wound on each
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side of his Mouth, & one in his upper Lip, and the lower Saw bone
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on the right side of his Mouth was broke, Says that he
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found a Pistol by the side of the Deced with the Spring
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down and Pan open, as if it had been discharged, Says
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that a small Tin Powder Flask with Powder in it, and a
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Leaden Bullet, were found near the Body, and a
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Closp Kinfe open, Says that
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a Man that Dept. found
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Standing by the Deced, gave Dept. two six pences which he
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said he had taken out of Deced's Pocket. and that it was
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all he had, Says that he returned home and sent the
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Bearers, who soon after brought the Deced into the
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Burying Ground belonging for said Parish where Dept.
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observed a Wound on Deced's Head, and Says that he
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does not know the Deced, Says that the Deced's Cloaths
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were Wet, and that the Thames had flowed that Morning
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further on Shore, than the Place where Deced was found
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