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Door and Mr. Stawton looked in and
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immediately turned back very much
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frightened, says that he then forced
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open the Shop Door out of
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the Passage
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which was Locked and Bolted, and on
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going in saw the Deced Hanging in
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the shop by a small Cord which was
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fastened to an Iron Staple drove into
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the Ceiling and about the Deced's Neck
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with a running Noose, says that
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with his Penknife he cut the Cord and
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laid the Deced down the Deced appearing
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to be dead but not quite Cold, Says
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that two Surgeons were fetched who
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endeavoured to restore the Deced to Life
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about three Quarters of an hour
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without effect, says that one of the
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Surgeons put his Hand into the Deced
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Coat Pocket and took out a four Pound
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Iron Weight, and that the other Surgeon
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took out from the Deced's Coat Pocket on
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the other side a two Pound Iron Wright
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Joseph Rawlins
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William Rivers
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of
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Market Street
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St. James's
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Shoemaker
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, on his Oath saith That
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Edward
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Nash
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the Deced worked in the day time
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with this Dept. and slept at Mr. Croucher
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for twelve months, That the Deced was
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of a Chearful Disposition, and in general
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very brisk and lively, and Dept.
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thought
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thought him a very unlikely Persons
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to make away with himself, and says
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that the Deced was not Seventeen Years
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of Age.
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Wm Rivers
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Severally Sworn the Day
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Year & Place abovementioned
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before me
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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