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on her Oath saith That she has known Mary
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Cunliffe the
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(wife of Gunliff)
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about six Years, Says that the Deced and
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her Husband sometimes had Words
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, and that the Deced used to Com-
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to Dept. afterwards to acquaint her therewith
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That the Deced called upon her last Wednesday
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as she was going to Hire a Servant, When
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Dept. (who had been informed of Deced's
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having reced a Black Eye from her Husband
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on the Monday Night before) asked her
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how it happened, and Deced said that they
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Quarrlled about some Wet Pettycoats hanging
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up in the Maid's Room, and Deced said that
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they had words that day, and Dept. advised
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her to go home and live peaceably, but
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Deced said Noting of having been Struck
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that day, and Deced went home again
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Says that on Saturday Morning last the
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fourteenth Instant Mr. Gunliffe sent for
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Dept. Desiring her to come to come to
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lay out his,
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deced,
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Says that she went
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and found the Deced dead in Bad Says that
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she desired the Apothecary night be fetched
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which was done, and he carefully Examined
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the Deced who had a Black
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Bandage about he Waist and between her legs
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on Accot. of a Rupture which Deced had, Says
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that the Apothecary cut the Bandage, and
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said that a Gut coming from the Belly if Twisted
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would cause the Death, and often in four
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