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Informations taken the Twenty first
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. in the County of Midsex upon an
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lying dead in the said Parish
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Liberty and County.
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Charles Hope
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in the Cold Stream
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Regiment of Foot Guards on his Oath saith That
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Yesterday about ten Minutes before Twelve o' Clock
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Dept. was upon Duty in
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when the
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heard
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small report of a Pistol Says that
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in about Eight or Ten Minutes
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Dept. heard another Report of a Pistol much
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lendar than the first Says, that after seeing the
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Relief out he met a Man going along the
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Park who said that a Man lay down by the
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side of a Tree who appeared to be intoxicated
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with Liquor or had laid violent hands upon
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himself, upon which Dept went to the Deced
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who lay by the side of a Tree on the Ground
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near the
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in the
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, Says that the Deced bled at
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the right Ear and appeared to be dead, having
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a Pistol in his right Hand with his fourth
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finger upon the
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and the Cock quite down
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and was lately discharged, and Dept believes
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that the Deced shot himself with the Pistol
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put into his Mouth.
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Chos Hope
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Sergt Celdm Gdn
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John Boyle
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of
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Walworth
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Surry
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on his
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Oath saith That he has known
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Anthony D Polier
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about four &
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who used to be frequently at
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Depts. House who had the care of Deced Says
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that the Deced has been low Spirited and
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desponding for a considerable
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time
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last, past, and that he was uneasy in his Mind
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John Boyle
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