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<p n="1058">and having called the hour of Eleven he<lb></lb>
heard the cry of Murder several times in <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1233">Oxford Street</rs>
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, upon wheek he went there<lb></lb>
and saw a Man in the Custody of three or<lb></lb>
four Watchmen, that the Deced immediately<lb></lb>
followed this Deponent, Says that he took<lb></lb>
hold of the Prisoner and that the Prisoner<lb></lb>
knocked him down, That the Deced had<lb></lb>
hold of the Prisoner behind and that the<lb></lb>
Prisoner was down and Dept. laid hold of <lb></lb>
one of his Legs, That the Prisoner got up<lb></lb>
and said that he would not be taken to the<lb></lb>
Watch house, Says that he Rattled and<lb></lb>
some of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1234">Mary bone</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1234" type="placeName" value="Mary bone"></interp>
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Watchm and the <lb></lb>
Patrole come there, Says that he came<lb></lb>
back and was informed that one of the <lb></lb>
Watchmen was Wounded, That he went<lb></lb>
to the Deced who was sitting down & said, Dick<lb></lb>
Dick is it you, to which Deced Answered<lb></lb>
Jack Jack, take my Hanger from me, I am<lb></lb>
a dead Man, and immediately took a <lb></lb>
Hanger from under his Coat on the left side<lb></lb>
and gave it to Deponent, Says that he <lb></lb>
put the Hanger in North Row near a<lb></lb>
Farrier's Shop, but cannot say whether it <lb></lb>
was bloody or not, Says that the Hanger<lb></lb>
now produced by <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1058-2">Richard Webb</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1058-2" type="surname" value="Webb"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1058-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
is the same <lb></lb>
that he had from the Deced, Says that he <lb></lb>
did not see any Weapon in the Prisoner's<lb></lb>
Hand, and does not think that the Deced<lb></lb>
reced the Wound in his Thigh from the Prisoner<lb></lb>
but that he received it Accidentally from<lb></lb>
his own Hanger, Says that he went with<lb></lb>
the Deced to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1235">St. George's</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1235" type="placeName" value="St. George's"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1235" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
Hospital but thinks<lb></lb>
that the Deced died before the Coach got to the<lb></lb>
Hospital.</p>
<p n="1059"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1059-1">John Scurrier</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1059-1" type="surname" value="Scurrier"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1059-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="1060"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1060-1">Richard Webb</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1060-1" type="given" value="Richard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1060-1" type="surname" value="Webb"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1060-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65223_occ744">Watchman</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_occ744" type="occupation" value="Watchman"></interp>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1236">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1236" type="placeName" value="Parishof St. George Hanover Square"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1236" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
That when he was calling the hour Twelve<lb></lb>
on Sunday Night, he was informed by one<lb></lb>
of the Patrole men that there had been a <lb></lb>
Riot in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1237">Oxford Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1237" type="placeName" value="Oxford Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1237" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and that Davey was<lb></lb>
almost Murdered and carried to the Hospital<lb></lb>
That he was in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1238">North Row</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1238" type="placeName" value="North Row"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1238" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
with a Lamp lighter<lb></lb>
who by the Light of his Burner saw a<lb></lb>
Hanger, took it up and gave it to Dept.<lb></lb>
And Dept. says that it was the same which<lb></lb>
he now produces, That it was not in a<lb></lb>
Sheath, and that he know it to be the<lb></lb>
Hanger of the Deced, hearing often seen the<lb></lb>
Deced carry it when on Duty, and that <lb></lb>
the Deced usually carried it naked under<lb></lb>
his Coat</p>
<p n="1061"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1061-1">Richd. Webb</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1061-1" type="given" value="Richd"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1061-1" type="surname" value="Webb"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1061-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="1062"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1062-1">Thomas Linton Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-1" type="given" value="Thomas Linton"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-1" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1239">Oxford Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1239" type="placeName" value="Oxford Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1239" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65223_occ745">Shoe maker</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_occ745" type="occupation" value="Shoe maker"></interp>
<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith That on Sunday night last<lb></lb>
about a Quarter after Eleven o'Clock the Dept.<lb></lb>
was standing in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1240">Oxford Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1240" type="placeName" value="Oxford Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1240" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
opposite <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1241">George Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1241" type="placeName" value="George Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1241" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
when he heard the cry of Watch, stop Thief, <lb></lb>
That some Watchmen come there and laid hold<lb></lb>
of Mr. Barnes who was running away, Says<lb></lb>
that they were going to carry Barnes to<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1242">Mary bone Watch house</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1242" type="placeName" value="Mary bone Watch house"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1242" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, rise thought and Barnes<lb></lb>
refused to be taken to the Watch house<lb></lb>
Says that there was a Scuffle between<lb></lb>
Barnes and the Watchmen and that<lb></lb>
they were all down together, Says that<lb></lb>
Barnes got up & the Watchmen, when<lb></lb>
they Struggled again, and that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n1062-2">Charles Purcell</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-2" type="given" value="Charles"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-2" type="surname" value="Purcell"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n1062-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
a Neighbour came out of the Crowd bleeding<lb></lb>
in the Wrist from a Wound which he reced</p>
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