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Deponent & his Companion went to the
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and informed the Constable of the Night
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with the accident who took down their
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came with then to Mr. Longdale's where they
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saw the deceased laid upon the Floor
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appeared to be quite dead and since that time they
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of the Night being
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sworn depend and
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the chief
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that he went up their into the
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the deced used to sleep and found the such Window
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fastned down with a Fork back had it not
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been so the deceased who was a very
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Gross Corpulent man could not have
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thrown himself cut of that window as it
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was too small for him to pass thro' and
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then he and another Constable and a
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who occupies the 2d. Floor went
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out at a Trap Door on the
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where the Watch maker found
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the Shirt of the deceased and this Depont
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also found a Pricer of Flannel there &
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this Deponent has no Doubt but that the
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This Deponent further sayeth that
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Dr. Cooper had opend a Vein in the
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Arm of the deced but to no purpose
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that the sd. Dr. Cooper had
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the
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deceased for some time before the Reci-
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dent on Account of his being very
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unwill
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The Verdict That
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being
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with
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a Delirium of the Brain threw himself from off the
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Top of Mr. Longdales House into the Street which was the
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Foreman
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