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Soap Boiler
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on his Oath saith, That he has assisted Mrs. Mackey
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the Deced was Servant to Mrs. Mackey
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and constantly attended the Copper & Vatts, Says
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that yesterday a little after four o'Clock in the
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Afternoon Deced and this Dept. were by the
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Copper, which was Boiling, That the Deced
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went to a Publick House and drank a Glass
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of Beer and returned in about six or seven
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Minutes, when Dept. gave him the Shove
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the Copper being then Boiling, and went out
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to Mr. Young's Door opposite to Mrs. Mackeys;
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Says that in three or four Minutes he saw
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Mr. Aldwyn an Officer of Excise coming to
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Mrs. Mackey's Door, and Dept. following him
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into the House, Mr. Aldwyn very soon called
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out that the Copper was Boiling over, and
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Dept. immediately saw it Boil over but
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could not see the Deced or the Shovel Says that he called
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William Several times and having no Answer
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the Dept. enquired about the Neighbourhood
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and could not hear of Deced, upon which
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Dept. suspected that he was fallen into the Copper
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and borrowed a large Hook from Mr. Frenck
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