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and having called the hour of Eleven he
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heard the cry of Murder several times in
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, upon wheek he went there
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and saw a Man in the Custody of three or
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four Watchmen, that the Deced immediately
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followed this Deponent, Says that he took
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hold of the Prisoner and that the Prisoner
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knocked him down, That the Deced had
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hold of the Prisoner behind and that the
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Prisoner was down and Dept. laid hold of
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one of his Legs, That the Prisoner got up
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and said that he would not be taken to the
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Watch house, Says that he Rattled and
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some of the
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Mary bone
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Watchm and the
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Patrole come there, Says that he came
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back and was informed that one of the
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Watchmen was Wounded, That he went
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to the Deced who was sitting down & said, Dick
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Dick is it you, to which Deced Answered
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Jack Jack, take my Hanger from me, I am
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a dead Man, and immediately took a
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Hanger from under his Coat on the left side
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and gave it to Deponent, Says that he
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put the Hanger in North Row near a
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Farrier's Shop, but cannot say whether it
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was bloody or not, Says that the Hanger
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now produced by
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Richard Webb
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is the same
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that he had from the Deced, Says that he
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did not see any Weapon in the Prisoner's
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Hand, and does not think that the Deced
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reced the Wound in his Thigh from the Prisoner
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but that he received it Accidentally from
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his own Hanger, Says that he went with
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the Deced to
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Hospital but thinks
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that the Deced died before the Coach got to the
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Hospital.
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John Scurrier
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Richard Webb
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of the
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on his Oath saith
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That when he was calling the hour Twelve
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on Sunday Night, he was informed by one
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of the Patrole men that there had been a
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Riot in
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and that Davey was
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almost Murdered and carried to the Hospital
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That he was in
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with a Lamp lighter
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who by the Light of his Burner saw a
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Hanger, took it up and gave it to Dept.
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And Dept. says that it was the same which
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he now produces, That it was not in a
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Sheath, and that he know it to be the
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Hanger of the Deced, hearing often seen the
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Deced carry it when on Duty, and that
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the Deced usually carried it naked under
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his Coat
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Richd. Webb
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Thomas Linton Rogers
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of
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Shoe maker
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on his Oath saith That on Sunday night last
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about a Quarter after Eleven o'Clock the Dept.
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was standing in
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opposite
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when he heard the cry of Watch, stop Thief,
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That some Watchmen come there and laid hold
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of Mr. Barnes who was running away, Says
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that they were going to carry Barnes to
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the
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, rise thought and Barnes
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refused to be taken to the Watch house
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Says that there was a Scuffle between
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Barnes and the Watchmen and that
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they were all down together, Says that
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Barnes got up & the Watchmen, when
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they Struggled again, and that
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a Neighbour came out of the Crowd bleeding
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in the Wrist from a Wound which he reced
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