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Informations taken this Twenty
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seventh day of January 1781 at the
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the County of Midsex upon an Inquistn.
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Parish Liberty and County
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Henry Walker
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of Kinghtsbridge
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Labourer
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on
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his Oath saith That on Monday last (Jany. 22d)
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Dept. was going for Grains to Mr. Stevens's
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Brewhouse, That he saw
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Henry Toppins
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the Deced leading a
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Horse from Water in
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That the Horse appeared to be in Spirits
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and was Dancing, That the Horse with his
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Near Hind Foot kicked the Deced upon
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his Head, Upon which the Boy fell down
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Says that he with another Man took
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the Deced up and carried him to the Sign
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of the Bell and Horns there Says that
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the Deced's Skull was fractured on the
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Right side of his Head, and the Deced was
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Speechless, and was soon after carried to
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the Westmr
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, where he
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merely Accidental.
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned before me}
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