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<p n="817">Deced was in a Barge along side the said Ship pulling the Stone<lb></lb>
to rights to sow it down, and the Deced having Kock'd the<lb></lb>
tackle to the side of the Barge, the Wood being rotten the<lb></lb>
Love tackle gave way and the Stone of about 5 or 6 hundred<lb></lb>
Wright forced the Deced against the side of the Baye in the<lb></lb>
hold, the Deced called out Murder and the Deponent went with<lb></lb>
others to his Assistance, and the Deced was put into a Whorry<lb></lb>
and brought to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo912">Westmr. Hospital</rs>
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, Deponent saith it was wholly<lb></lb>
accidental from the Deceds having fixed the tackle himself<lb></lb>
to the side of the Barge which gave way as before mentioned<lb></lb>
says Surgeon Sharp was there at the time and defaced the Poor<lb></lb>
Man's Wound which was on his Right High, says the Wound<lb></lb>
appeared to be very large.</p>
<p n="818"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n818-1">Richd Bowen</rs>
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<p n="819">15th. July 1776.</p>
<p n="820">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n820-1">Peter Ryley</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n820-2">Peter Ryley</rs>
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on the 6th. day of July 1776 being<lb></lb>
in a Barge along side a Ship called the Turly lying at Eldridges<lb></lb>
Wharf <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo913">Battle Bridge</rs>
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putting Stone to rights hoisted from<lb></lb>
the said Ship to sow it down in the hold of the Baye, and<lb></lb>
hooking the love tackle to the side of the Baye, the<lb></lb>
Wood being rotten the Love tackle gave way and the Stone<lb></lb>
which was lowering of about five or six hundred Wright forced<lb></lb>
the Deced against the side of the Baye and by Means thereof<lb></lb>
the said Peter Ryley received a violent and Mortal Wound<lb></lb>
on his Right High of which he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n820-3">Peter Ryley</rs>
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from the<lb></lb>
said 6th, day of July 1776, to the 13th. of the same Month in<lb></lb>
the same Year in the Westmr. Hospital in James Street in the<lb></lb>
Parish of St. Margaret Westmr, did Languish and languishing<lb></lb>
did Live on which said 13th, day of July 1776, the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n820-5">Peter<lb></lb>
Ryley</rs>
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in the said Hospital did Dye. And so the Jurors on their<lb></lb>
Oath say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n820-6">Peter Ryley</rs>
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in manner and by the<lb></lb>
means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to</p>
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