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to Bellamy on Pipers Barge and I went
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with them and Vent as had them to go into
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the Cabin with him
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bring out the
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Thief
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not think their was very Thief thief there
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Vent then called out to the Man in the Cabin
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and said he would blow out his
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Brains if he did not come out,
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the Man then came up and says do
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you think I am afraid to face such
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an old Rascal as you Vent then
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said something but I could not tell
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what and them he fired off the Piece
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against the Mans Breast, and after
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he had find it off he hot the deceased
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several times over his had or
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Shore and I never saw him afterwards
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James Germain
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The Verdict
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Wilfull Murder against
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John Blake
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All the foregoing Informations were
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