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for about 1 year last past - the Deced has often
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complains of an Astma the Dept. came into the
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House, with the Deced on Friday Eveng last and
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they found Smith Quarrell immediately
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ensued between the Decd. & the sd Smith
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a pair of Boots which Smith had total
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& belongd to the Deced. They agreed in Consequences
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to fight the next morng. & they each laid down
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up a Guinea the Dept. believes that Smith
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proposed the Battle - the Parties had often
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quarrelled on this Subject before they met
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Greening to Appointant on Saturday Morng.
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this Dept. was present during the Battle
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they Shook hands both before & after the
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Battle. this Dept does not believe they bore any
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County to each other & hereby believes the
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only
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geet the battle was to decide the
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Dispute arising from the Circumstances
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of the Sale of the Boots. This Dept. believes they
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fought near 1 & ½ hour & then the Deced
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gullied to his autosomit then Dept Acquirted
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the Deced to yield before but he refused
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after the battle was over they they shook hands &
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passed very
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both went to the same public House
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Drank there the Deced has been much indisposed
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smel this Battle & confined to his Bed, this Dep
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Says that during his Confinement, the said
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Smith attended much out the Deced, the Deced died
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on Wednesday Morng last.
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the Dept. reeallects well that the Decd. did not
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complained after the Battle of any Injury or
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Hurt reced during the fighting
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The Mark of
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in the
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being Sworn deposeth & saith that
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he opened the Body of the Deced this day
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& upon Examination he did find
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either any external or internal Marks
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Violence capable of producing Death
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His
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Dept from appearances should
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conceive that the Deced must have
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had an Asthma for sometime part
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& from the
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Circumstance even of his being
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afored the Cold for so long or time as
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hath been represented in the State in which he was it is very possible
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that might tend to hasten Death His Disorder
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however was & that Nature which in time
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would probably produce Death. This Dept
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