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to Mr. Starkie Brewer in
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on his Oath says that yesterday Morning that was
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an Alarm at the Bewhouse just as they had done Breakfast
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between 7 & 8, one
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& his
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Elizabeth Cooper
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had hanged herself, he went directly
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and when he came he found the Deced Door open and one on
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two Men & some Women in the Room and Deponent saw the Deced hanging
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with her feet rather on the ground, Deponent asked why they
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had not cut her down before, they said they had no Knife
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Deponent took his Knife out of her Pocket and cut her down
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he fell her Hand and formd it quite cold, her Arm rather
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Warm and the fore part of her Head quite warm, she was
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Carried up into the Yard, a Person way sent for to Bleed her,
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he came in about 10 Minutes and tied up her Arm, but
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said there was no Vein to be formdDeponent says he has
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known the Deced about 7 Years, says she was rather given
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to Liquor, beleives because the Deced had not Money to go
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on with occasioned her to Hang herself
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And Hesack
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Thomas Weaver
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at Mr. Harkie's Newhouse on his
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Oath says that
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the Deced used to came to the
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Newhouse for Small Beer in order to sale the same again
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3 days in a Week, but Yesterday Morning she did not come
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thought it way the Day she was expected, she generally used
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to come about 6 or 7 o Clock, the Deponent was desired by his
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Master to go and see whether the Deced was not well, the
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Deponent did not know where she lived, but saw a Man that
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did know and asked him to go & shew him, they went to the
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House & the other Man asked the Woman in the Parlour where
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the Deceds Room was, she said down in the Back Kitchen
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the Man went down & the Deced staid on the top of the
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Stairs, the Man knocked at the Door and called Several times
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but no Body answered, he looked through the Keyhole and
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sd. he thought he could perceive some Body, the Deponent them
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went down but could not see any thing that the Key holes but
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perceived a light but could not tell where it came fromDeponent
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went into the Yard and shoved the Window Lash back of the
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