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Informations of Witnesses taken this
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Liberty touching the Death of
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then and thore lying Dead, as follows
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on his Oath says that on Saturday last between
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5 and 6 o'Clock in the Evening, the Deced and he went to take
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a Walk together to see the Cricket Match in
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Parish, some
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other Gentlemans Servants were there and asked the Deced and
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this Deponent to go into the Water, the Deced said he could
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go in the Deponent said he would not, Deponent perswade
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the Deceased not to go in, but he would, the Deced than
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pulled off his Cloaths and went in, Deponent observed when
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