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on his Oath saith That he this day
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Examined the Body of
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and found an
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impression upon the Deced's Neck made by himself
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or some other Persons but does not think that
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impression sufficient to
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cause the Deced's death
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the To
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se not being out Says that he observed no other Marks of violence
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upon the Deced, and Dept. believes that the Deced
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died in a Fit of some sort.
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or his Oath saith That he this day
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Examined the Body of the Deced and found a Turnour
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upon his left Temple, a lived appearance about his Neck
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particularly on the left side, as if he had been Strangled,
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and Dept. believes that the Deced was Strangled,
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and that the Tumour on the left Temple could not
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occasion his Death, but might be conducive
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and Says that the Right Elbow of the Deced and the
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Muscular part of the left Arm were Bruicd.
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. on his Oath saith That about One o' Clock
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yesterday Morning (Novr. 6.) the Deced was brought
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in by some of the Watchmen of the Parish and soon
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after two other Men were brought in to said Watchhouse Says that they
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staid there about or near an hour and drank a
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Gallon of Beer together says that the two Men, whose
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Names Dept. does not Know, then wanted to go out
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and went towards the Door but Deced set his Back
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against the Door saying they should not go, Says that
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the Constable Mr. Spence took the Deced down to the bottom of the Starrs
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the Deced going very Quiet, and in
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about two Minutes brought him up again, Says that
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the two Men were soon after let out, and in a Few
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Minutes
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Minutes the Constable took the Deced (who was
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Noisy and Troublesome on Account of the Other Men
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being let out) down Stairs and put him into a Room
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where he was locked up. Says that Mr. Spence went
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out immediately and as he was going away he ordered
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this Dept. to let the Deced come up Stairs, upon which
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Dept. unlocked the Room Door and the Deced came up
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with him, Says that there were nobody in the
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Watchhouse at that time but Mr. Henton the
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,
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a Woman, two Men whose Names Dept. knows not,
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and this Dept. Says that the Deced and Hinton
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the Beadle began Quarrelling, in the Watchhouse
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that upon Mr. Merchant knocking at the Door the
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Deced struck Hinton a Quart Pester Pot Noices
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upon his Head and Hinton fell down upon a Bench
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but Dept. did not see Hinton sticky the Deced Says that he opened the watchhouse Door and Mr.
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Merchant came in with three other
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Says that they
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immediately pulled the Deced away from
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and threw him down upon the
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Floor, Says that
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he
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saw Hintons Head Bloody but did not
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see the Wound Says that the Deced was then taken
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down Stairs by several Men in the Watchhouse
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the Deced Struggling and very unwilling to go. Says
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that one of the Man come up for a pair of Handcuffs
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which he took down Stairs, but Dept. did not go, nor
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did he see the Deced afterwards until he was informed
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that he was dead, when Dept. went down and saw
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the Deced lying upon the Bench by the Windows, Says
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that he was informed by the Men there that the Deced
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had hanged himself and that he saw a piece of Corder
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around the Iron Bar on the outside of the window
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which had been Act
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