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Westmr. Cooper on his Oath saith That on
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Friday Morning last (Sepr. 16th.) he was at Mr. Simpcon
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the Sign of the Seven Stars in
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Rosemary Lane
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the Deced, who agreed to
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go with Dept. home to buy some Box, and accordingly
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Deced offered
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two shillings & six pence for the Box
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and Dept. would have three Shillings but his Wife
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said that Deced shod. have it, and some of the Box
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was taken up, put into a Bag, and carried by Dept.
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into his House, Says that Deced said to Dept. that his
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Wife was too good for him, and that he would give a
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Guinea for her to which Dept. agreed, and Deced gave
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Dept. one Shilling in part of payment Says that
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they drank three Pots of Beer at the
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, and afterwards some more Beer in
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Depts. Garden (how much Dept. cannot tell being much
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Intoxicated) Says that he then went to Bed it being
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about five o'Clock, and the Deced and Depts. Wife
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went to Mr. Aggott, Says that in the Night Dept.
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the Necessary House, and Dept. found her there the next
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Morning when he got up, Says that about five o'Clock
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he found the Deced in the Well in his Garden with
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