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him and upon examination
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Brother
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he found the deceased sitting
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in the Box with his Chin resting upon the
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lower Hatch and there appearnd to be
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water running out of his Month and
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to all appearance he seem'd quite dead
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whereupon this Deponent sent
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one Haythorn
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a Brother Watchman and they removed
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the deceased from there to the braun Arms
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being the next adjoining house and then
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this Deponent went home. This Deponent
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further sayeth that he saw no Marks
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of Violence on the Body of the deceased this
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the deceased had for a long time
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sober on the morning of the said 13th nobr. but he cannot say how or by
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what means the deceased came to his
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Thomas Phillon
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William Mornice
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of Great Mal
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bring sworn sayith that
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the Watchman men crying six o'Clock in
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the morning on Tuesday the 13th. Novr. he
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was called up to go to the assistance of a
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who was found
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dying on
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or nearly dead in a Watch Box near at hand
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whereupon this Deponent immediately sent
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a young Surgeon one of his Assitants
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saying he would follow him directly
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but before this Deponent got out of his
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house his assistant returned assuring
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apparently been so nearly half an hour
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That this
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Deponent sayeth that
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he afterwards examined the Body of the
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deceased and found no external mark
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of Violence upon it, but upon opening
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it, the whole Chest was filled with
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blood and Serum in Consequence of a
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large Vessell bring ruptured going
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from the heart which he believes to have
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been the immediate Cause of his death
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and this Deponent further sayeth that in
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Consequence of the Enquiries he made respecting
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the deceased he has found him to have been
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a long while in a Foxin of ill health
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