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Tuesday Night last the Twenty fifth Instant
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about Ten o'Clock this Dept. was going up
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Hay Hill in the
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when he saw the Deced lying on
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his Back about four Yards from the Corner
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that he appeared to be dead but on taking
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hold of the Deced fre perceived there was
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Life in him, That he called a
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he was much hurt on the left side, and
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one of the Watchman of
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St.
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on his Oath
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saith That on Tuesday Night last, the twenty-
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-fifth Instant at Ten o'Clock Dept. was at his
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Box in
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when he heard a Man
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call out, Watch, saying that a Man lay in
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saw the Deced sitting on his Backside in the
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Street very near
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lop of
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, Says
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that he as
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to lift up the Deced, and to
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carry been, to the Watch box, where he complained
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of a hurt on his left side, but said that he
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