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Says that the Deced Swam towards the Shore
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and desired Dept. to follow him
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But Dept. not being able to Swim, he got hold of
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the Boat and after some time, get into it, Says
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that he called out for Assistance, and that a Boy
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in a Boat on the Westemr Side of the River cryed
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out have a good Heart and you will reach the Shore
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Says that he did not afterwards see the Deced alive
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And that the Boy and a Man same in a Boat
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to Dept. and took him to the Shore at
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Lambeth
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Says that there was no Person in the Boat with
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the Deced and this Dept. when they Accidentally
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fell into the River.
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Robert Brooke
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Timothy Walker
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Waterman
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at Mr. Laws on
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Mill
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Westmr. or his Oath saith That about three
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o'Clock last Saturday Morning (Decr 21.) Depr. Being
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in had and having a Man upon the Thames calling
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out for half he got up and reived his Boat towards
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where he found in other Boat
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desiring down with the Tide (being a Little after
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high water) Say that
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Mr. Brooks and
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the Boat after it
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White Hart Stairs
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Lambeth
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,
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Says that he did not then see any thing of the Deced
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until
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Eight o'Clock in the same Morning when
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he
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the Deced lye upon in the Shore near Thames
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what Mill
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Westmr. at high Water Mark
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Says that some Men moved the Deced upon some
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Tanber there, and Deponent then saw that
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he was dead and went to acquaint the Deced's
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Mother that he was Drowned Says that Brooks
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appeared to be in Liquor
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when Dept. get to him
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but soon after acquired after the Deced.
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Timothy Walker
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Severally Sworn the Died upon and
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Place abovementioned left me
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Tho. Prickard
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