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lying dead in
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David Griffiths
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of Fench's Buildings in the Park
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on his Oath saith That
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Christopher
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the Deced has lodged with this Dept. the greatest
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part of two Years last past That they both played at
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Skittles Yesterday at the lying of the Roe Buck near Dept. House
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until about two o'Clock in the Afternoon when they
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went home to Dinner, and afterwards both of them
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went to Westmr. called at the Sign of the Castle in Peter
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Street where they drank two Pints of Beer, and then
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walked on the Chelsea Bridge, where the Deced began
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to undress himself and immediately went into the
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River there, and Swam about for two Minutes,
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very well, and then Turned upon his Back, says
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that he this Dept. then determined to go into the
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water and was undressing himself when an Boy who
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Stood by Dept. said the Man was Drowned, upon which
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Dept. looked, but did not see the Deced, he being Sunk
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to the Bottom, Says that Several People come there
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soon after, and one of them underessed himself and
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went into the River and brought the Deced to the
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Shore Drowned, Says that the Deced was rubbed with
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Salt, and other Means used to recover him without
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effect, the Deced being dead, Says that there was no
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person in the Water with the Deced when her Sunk
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and believes that he was Accidentally Drowned, and
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says that the Deced was at that time pertty much in
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Liquor.
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