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about half hour after Ten Dept. being Bottling
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some Beer below Stairs heard a Noise but
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could not there say whether it was above Stairs
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or out of Doors and seeing nothing Dept
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continued his Work Says that about half
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after Eleven O'Clock Sarah Peplow who now
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lives in the House came to Dept saying that
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she saw Blood upon the Stairs and asked
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Dept. if Mr Cuttle had cut himself says that
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he went there and saw Blood at the bottom
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of the Stairs and some Deops of Blood upon the
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Stairs up to Deced's Room, and not seeans the
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Deced there Dept. came down and traced the
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Blood through the Garden to the Wall by the
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Thames side and save the Impression of a Man's
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foot in the Mud upon the old Stairs on the outside
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of the Wall and Dept. believes that the Deced
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got over there into the Thomas Says that the
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Dutchess's Steward soon after came home and
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went up with Dept into the Deced's Room and
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there found a pistol upon a Chair that had been
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Discharged and another loaded Pistol upon the Floor
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and some Blood upon the Floor the Room smelling
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of Gun powder when Dept. first went into it
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Says that there was a Letter found upon the Table
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in Deceds room Sealed up and addressed to her grace
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the Dutchess of
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in Deced's hand writing
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as Dept thinks Says that the Deced Yesterday
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Morning about Seven O'Clock asked Dept for a
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Juk Paper and between Eight & Nine o Clock
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Deced brought to Dept the Letter now produced
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by him addressed to Mr Stephen
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of Handley
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in
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Sealed upSays that he was
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informed that the Deced was found soon after
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in the
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the Deced threw himself into the River Says
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that the Deced on Tuesday Night last appear
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to be Melancholy and low Spirited
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William Mann
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Sarah Peplow
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to Mrs Philpot at the
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Dutchess of
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on her Oath saith That
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she yesterday saw Blood upon the Stands and
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acquainted the Porter there with that they sa
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some Blood upon the Stairs upto Deced's Room
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which smelt much of Gunpowder That they
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traced the Blood through the Garden to the
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of the Thomes, and the Print of a Man's foot on
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the Mad upon the old
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to the Thames
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and believes that the Deced went him self in
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the Thames And this Dept says that she observe
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the Deced appeared to be low spirited and Confusion
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and was along time before he made any
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when spoke & on Tuesday Night, That he was
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so yesterday Morning & looked wild and Dept
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believes that he then was Disordered in his Mind
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Severally Sworn the Day
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Year and Place above
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mentioned before me
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