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<p n="38">not choosing to be turned out, but Ashdon persevered, and<lb></lb>
being more powerful than the Deponent Ashdon forced<lb></lb>
him out and was thrown upon the Deceased and Ashdon<lb></lb>
Stut the Door, in about a Minute after Ashdon came out<lb></lb>
with Moore the Patrole and brought out the Key of one<lb></lb>
of the Holes of the Watch House, and opened the Door, and<lb></lb>
then with the assistance of Moore took the Deceased from<lb></lb>
the Ground and Carried him into Hole and Set him,<lb></lb>
upright, and Deponent believes the Door of the Hole was<lb></lb>
not locked or him Ashdon asked the Deceased If he<lb></lb>
did not Pass him to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo41">All Hallows</rs>
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and where is your<lb></lb>
Wife and the Deceased Said No Ashdon then said to<lb></lb>
the Deceased he<obscured></obscured>
would leave the Door open and he<lb></lb>
might go out when he pleased Deponent Says the<lb></lb>
Deceased appeared to he a very poor distressed Person<lb></lb>
that to the best of his Knowledge he had no Shirt on<lb></lb>
his Breast appearing to he bare, he had a Sort of<lb></lb>
Trowsers in, and was very indifferently and poorly<lb></lb>
Clothed.</p>
<p n="39"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n39-1">William Knight</rs>
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<p n="40"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n40-1">James Loton</rs>
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one of the Church Wardens of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo42">St. Margaret<lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
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, on his Oath saith, That on Saturday Morning<lb></lb>
last about Ten o'Clock, Ashdon the Bedel came to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
him, Saying he had got a refractory Man in<lb></lb>
the Watch House Deponent Said he would call and Lee,<lb></lb>
him, and about a Quarter after Ten met Ashdon in,<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo43">St. Margaret's Church Yard</rs>
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, and went with him to the<lb></lb>
Watch House, and Ashdon pushed open the Door of the<lb></lb>
West Hole which was unlocked and Deponent saw the<lb></lb>
Deceased lying on the Floor, apparently in a State of<lb></lb>
Intoxication Ashdon went to the Deceased and called<lb></lb>
him Jack, and did him get up, the Deceased raised him<lb></lb>
Head and muttered Some into herent WorldDeponent<lb></lb>
asked Ashdon who charged him as he understood he had<lb></lb>
been a Might Charge - Ashdon Said Knight the Patrole,<lb></lb>
Ashdon then told the Deponent the Deceased was a very<lb></lb>
Drunken riotous Vagabond and had been passed as<lb></lb>
Such from different Parishes as well as <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo44">St. Margarets</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo45">St. Allhallows</rs>
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Bread Shed where his Wife and three<lb></lb>
Children were in the Poor House Deponent then observed<lb></lb>
when he was taken before Mr. Abington the Magistrate it</p>
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