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Informations of Witnesses take
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this 13 day of August 1795
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Body
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James Hobcroft
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George Cowling
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lodges at Mr Quinn in
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being sworn deposeth & saith that on Tuesday Evening last
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he met the Deced & they agreed to go into the
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to bath they accordingly went in & the
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deced swam about a great deal & afterwards he
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across the River as he was returning back
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he hallowed out & went to the follow shore again
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but he went down again did not rise again
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this Dept Saith that he was never seen till
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Yesterday when he was taken out this
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same time he has he doubt but that
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