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on his Oath saith That on Sunday Night last as he was
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crying the hour of Twelve in Flosk Lane Mr. Ball who
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keeps the Flask called to Dept. saying that a Man
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lay there making a Noise which prevented his Sleeping
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said that he would go with him and Deced walked
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to be in Liquor and that he told Dept. that he had a lodging
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over the Wooden Bridge, upon which Dept. offered
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to light him home, but Deced said that he would
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go home himself when he got some
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a little
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more Liquor
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Says that he did not see Deced when he cryed the
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hour of One, but at Two o' Clock Deced stood in the foot
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-way about forty yards from Mr. Page's Door and told
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Dept. that he wanted Liquor, That at three o' Clock Deced
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was walking before Mr. Page's Door saying that he wod
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not go from thence until he had some Gin &
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bud did not call Mr. Page, That at Four o' Clock Deced
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stood up against Mr. Page's Door, and repeated what
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he had said at three, Says that when he cryed the
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hour of Five he found the Deced lying on one side
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at Mr. Page's Door, and Appeared to be a good deal
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Numbe'd with the Cold, Says that he took him and for
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him to set down upon a Bench by the side of Page's
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House where he left , Deced, Says that he asked Deced
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why he did not go home to which he annexed that
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