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Who's there but no Body answering he immediately crossed the
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Warehouse and called Mary the Maid Servant 2 or 3 times very
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lastily, she observing Deponent speak hastily said Pray Sir What
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do You want Deponent sd I beleive some Body has got into
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Dodsons Room so and lee who or whats the Matter, Upon the
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going the cried out Lord Sir he has hung himself Deponent
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Immediately want after her and she said Pray Sir cut him down
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Deponent having a Pen knife in his Pocket immediately did the
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Maid Servant Assisting him, he then cut the cord that was
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round his Neck took off his Crovat, and sent immediately
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for Mr. Merriman
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on
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to Bleed him Mr.
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Merriman come immediately and felt his Pulse and said he
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was afraid he was two far gone, upon Deponent pressing him
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the Blood the Deced, he said to it was needless but however he
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pricked him in the Several Vein Vein and afterwards cut it across
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ut no Blood came and he said the Blood was Stagnated, and
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it was quite needless try any farther for that he was quite Deced
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Deced was laying from the
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with a Cord Fastened round it, and the other part of the
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Cord round his Neck, says the Deced was his Weekly Servant
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occasionally for 4 Years part, but for about a Year and a quarter
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last past has been in his House at Bed and Board, says he
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has observed for about 6 Weeks that the Deced was different from
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what he used to be and did not appear to be the same Man
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has observed to rather looked down, the cause of which he could
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not Assign
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David Burnsall
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Mary Horton
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to Mr Runsall on her Oath says that
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last night about half an hour after Ten o Clock she was called
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by her Master to go to see who it was in Dodsons Room, she
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answered she dar shet go, but Mr Burnsall Sealing resdute she
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should go, she immediately run into his Room the Door being
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open, and immediately she cried not good god sir Dodson's has
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hanged himself her Master imediately went into the Kitchen what
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was near the Deced Room on the same ground, she crying out for
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take cut him down her Master returned directly and took a
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Penknife out of his own Pocket & cut him down, she holding the
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Deced to prevent his falling or the found Mr Merriman was
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