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Richard Merry
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on his Oath saith That he has
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lodged with his Brother
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the Deced
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at the Corner of
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Bear Street
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in the
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about four Years last past, Says that
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the Deced was at home last Night,and Dept. went
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to Bad between Ten and Eleven o'Clock last Night,
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leaving this Deped and his Wife below Stairs, there
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being Company at that him in the House, Says,that between
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three and fan o'Clock this Morning he heard Mr. Morry
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(who with the Deced usually lay upon the same Floor
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with this Dept. in an adjoning Room) call to him
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upon which the Deced got out of Bed and went to
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the Deced's Room Door which Mr. Merry opened, and
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desired him to go to the Deced, for she could not tell
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what was the motter and when Mrs. Merry had
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Strick a Light Dept. found the Deced upon the
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Floor with a large Wound
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his Throat and a
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great deal of Blood upon the
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& upon his Shirt,
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(the Deced having no Cloaths onto Says that he called
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some of the Lodgers who assisted
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to left the Deced
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to the
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That the Deced breathed three or four
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times after he was laid upon the Bed, but was not
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able to speak, and that he died immediately, Says
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the he found a Razor in one of the Deced's hands,
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with which he believes the Deced gave himself the
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Wounds in his Throat which was the came of his Death
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by, that the Deced was naturally of a cheerful Disponts
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but of about a Week last past
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has been rather
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