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then & there lying dead to wit
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being sworn, saith, he came
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to the House of the Moses
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past 10 o'Clock being sent for in Consequence
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of some Accident he was told by his sd
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Servt. that he believed his Master had destroyed
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House he came up Stairs with this Dept. & they
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both went up Stairs & in the Bed Rooms of the
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deced he saw the deced lying on the ground
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dead, upon the examining the mouth he found
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a considerable Aperture in the roof. there was a
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pistol lying in the right side which had been
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discharged & he found another loaded pistol
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in his pocket. Willis told this Dept he came
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here this morning by appointment of the decd
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directed the door to be broke open when he found the
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deced then lying dead immerced in blood the Dept.
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Ld Mount Morres shot himself
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