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<p n="1340">about half hour after Ten, Dept. being Bottling<lb></lb>
some Beer below Stairs, heard a Noise but<lb></lb>
could not then say whether it was above Stairs<lb></lb>
or out of Doors, and seeing nothing, Dept.<lb></lb>
continued his Work, Says that about half<lb></lb>
after Eleven o'Clock, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1340-1">Sarah Peplow</rs>
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who now<lb></lb>
lives in the House, came to Dept. saying that<lb></lb>
she saw Blood upon the Stairs, and asked<lb></lb>
Dept. if Mr. Cuttle had cut himself, Says that<lb></lb>
he went there and saw Blood at the bottom<lb></lb>
of the Stairs, and some Drops of Blood upon the<lb></lb>
Stairs up of Deced's Room, and not seems the<lb></lb>
Deced there Dept. came down and traced the<lb></lb>
Blood through the Garden to the Wall by the<lb></lb>
Thames side, and saw the Impression of a Man's<lb></lb>
foot in the Mud upon the old Stairs on the outside<lb></lb>
of the Wall, and Dept. believes that the Deced<lb></lb>
got over there into the Thames. Says that the<lb></lb>
Dutchess's Steward soon after came home and<lb></lb>
went up with Dept. into the Deced's Room and<lb></lb>
there found a Pistol upon a Chair that had been<lb></lb>
Discharged, and another loaded Pistol upon the Floor<lb></lb>
and some Blood upon the Floor, the Room smelling<lb></lb>
of Gun powder when Dept. first went into it.<lb></lb>
Says that there was a Letter found upon the Table<lb></lb>
in Deced's room Sealed up and Addressed to her Grace<lb></lb>
the Dutchess of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1424">Portland</rs>
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in Deced's hand writing<lb></lb>
as Dept. thinks Says that the Deced yesterday<lb></lb>
Morning about Seven o'Clock asked Dept. for a<lb></lb>
Pen Ink & Paper and between Eight & Nine o'Clock<lb></lb>
Deced brought to Dept. the Latter now produced<lb></lb>
by him Addressed to Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1340-2">Stephen Cuttle</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1425">Hamdley</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1426">Yorkshire</rs>
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Sealed up. Says that he was<lb></lb>
informed that the Deced was found soon after<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1427">River Thames</rs>
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Drowned, and believes that<lb></lb>
the Deced threw himself into the River Says<lb></lb>
That the Deced on Tuesday Night last appear<lb></lb>
to be Melancholy and low Spirited.</p>
<p n="1341"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1341-1">Willliam Mann</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1342"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1342-1">Sarah Peplow</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ426">Servant</rs>
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to Mrs. Philpot at the<lb></lb>
Dutchess of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1428">Portland</rs>
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'son her Oath saith That<lb></lb>
she yesterday saw Blood upon the Stairs and<lb></lb>
acquainted the Porter therewith, that they saw<lb></lb>
some Blood upon the Stairs upto Deced's Room<lb></lb>
which smelt much of Gun powder, That they<lb></lb>
traced the Blood through the Garden to the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1429">Well<lb></lb>
of the Thames</rs>
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, and the Print of a Man's foot in<lb></lb>
the Mud upon the old <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1430">Stone Stairs</rs>
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to the Thames<lb></lb>
and believes that the Deced went himself into<lb></lb>
the Thames, And this Dept. says that she observed<lb></lb>
the Deced appeared to be low Spirited and Confused<lb></lb>
and was a long time before he made any Answer<lb></lb>
when spoke on Tuesday Night, That he was<lb></lb>
so yesterday Morning & looked wild. and Dept.<lb></lb>
believes that he then was Disordered in his Mind.</p>
<p n="1343"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1343-1">Sarah Peplow</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1344">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place above<lb></lb>
mentioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1344-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ427">Coroner</rs>
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