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Deced was in a Barge along side the said Ship pulling the Stone
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to rights to sow it down, and the Deced having Kock'd the
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tackle to the side of the Barge, the Wood being rotten the
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Love tackle gave way and the Stone of about 5 or 6 hundred
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Wright forced the Deced against the side of the Baye in the
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hold, the Deced called out Murder and the Deponent went with
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others to his Assistance, and the Deced was put into a Whorry
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and brought to
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Westmr. Hospital
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, Deponent saith it was wholly
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accidental from the Deceds having fixed the tackle himself
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to the side of the Barge which gave way as before mentioned
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says Surgeon Sharp was there at the time and defaced the Poor
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Man's Wound which was on his Right High, says the Wound
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appeared to be very large.
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15th. July 1776.
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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Peter Ryley
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That the said
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Peter Ryley
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on the 6th. day of July 1776 being
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in a Barge along side a Ship called the Turly lying at Eldridges
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Wharf
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putting Stone to rights hoisted from
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the said Ship to sow it down in the hold of the Baye, and
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hooking the love tackle to the side of the Baye, the
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Wood being rotten the Love tackle gave way and the Stone
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which was lowering of about five or six hundred Wright forced
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the Deced against the side of the Baye and by Means thereof
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the said Peter Ryley received a violent and Mortal Wound
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on his Right High of which he the said
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Peter Ryley
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from the
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said 6th, day of July 1776, to the 13th. of the same Month in
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the same Year in the Westmr. Hospital in James Street in the
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Parish of St. Margaret Westmr, did Languish and languishing
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did Live on which said 13th, day of July 1776, the said
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Peter
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Ryley
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in the said Hospital did Dye. And so the Jurors on their
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Oath say that the said
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in manner and by the
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means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to
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