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Thomas Parker
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a Chair maker Lodger at Mr. Dicey the Deced
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upwards of a Year & an half last past, on his Oath saith that
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he went into Deced's Shop on Friday Night last a little before Ten
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o'Clock for five farthings worth of small Beer, with which the
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Deced Served him, being then alone in the Shop, & Singing, &
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appearing to be in Health, Says that he went away and Deced
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wished him a good Night. Says that in about ten Minutes
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he heard the Deced run this
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the Passage
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into the Yard and
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that Mrs. Dicey followed him to the Necessary, where she
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called out and desired this Dept. to come down which he did,
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and on his coming to the Necessary he saw the Deced upon
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the Vault Speechless and ratting in the Throat. That Mr. Dicey
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had held of him and screamed out, That she sent Deced for
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Mr. Lindsay the
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who came there and attempted
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to Bleed to Deced but Deced bled very little, and was soon carried
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to Bed in his Cloaths, but Deced was then dead as Dept.
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believes, And Says that the Deced and his Wife sometimes
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used to have angry words, but believes that they were very
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happy for two months last past.
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The Mark of
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Thomas Parker
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Archdall Harris
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Queen Street
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Westmr
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Surgeon
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on his Oath saith, That he this day Viewed & Examined the
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Body of the Deced and from the Appearance of the Body has
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not any reason to
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that the Deced was Poisoned, but believes
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that his Death was occasioned either by the Rupture of
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a Vessel, or that he died in an Apoplechi Fit.
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Harris
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Severally Sworn the Day Year &
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Place abovementioned before me
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