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of the Weather he must be taken care of - Ashdon said
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they were going off their Duly now,and the Deceased should
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not come into the Watch House, but he might be put into
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the Hole and the Door should he left open - and
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and Knight and Some other of the Patroles carried the Deced
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out of the Watch House, and the Deceased was put in the
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HoleAt half after Six o'Clock the Deponent went from
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the Watch House and looked in at the Hole, and asked the
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Deceased how he did, the Deceased said he was very cold
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Deponent went to the Watch House at Twelve o'Clock the
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same
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Day, to open the Watch House for the Watchmen to
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Come to receive their Wages, and in going to the Watch House
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he Looked in the Hole and found that the Deceased was
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gone out and he Supposed he had gone away himself
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Deponent says that when the Deceased was brought into
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the Watch House at Five o'Clock, some very warm words
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and alterestions passed between Ashdon the Bedel and
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Knight the Patrole about the Deceased Ashdon insisting
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the Deceased should not stay there, and Knight the Patrole
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contending for the Deceased remaining in the Watch House
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on of the Patroles of
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St. Margaret
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on his Oaths saith That on Saturday last
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the 3d. day of January Instant about Five o'Clock in
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the Morning he came to the Watch House with the other
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Patroles as they were then about going off Duly, and Saw
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the Deceased lying on his right side on the Ground nearby
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opposite the Watch House Door on the outside the Watch House Door
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was shutDeponent and the other Patroles Knocked
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at the Door and were lot in Ashdon the Bedel and
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Skiving the Warder were there onlyDeponent said
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Mr.
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here is a Poor distressed Man lot him come in
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Mr. Ashdon said he should not come in, had be Damn'd
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if any Patrole or Watchman should bring him in there
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and flew to the Door to prevent his being brought in
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in which the Deponent said Hell Dye, to which
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Ashdon replied let him Dye and be Damned, and
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I will be answerableDeponent and the other Patroles
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then argued with Ashdon that the Deceased might he
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taken in and very warm words mose between the
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Deponent and Ashdon, and Ashdon took the Deponent
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by the
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jostling him very much about Watch House
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Saying he would turn him out, the Deponent resisted
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