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The Several Informations of
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John Pitt
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Dyex
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, &
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Joshua Brogden
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taken & acknowledged on Behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King touching the Death
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of
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John Lee
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at the
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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on the 27th. day of February 1761
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before me
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George Grew
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on an Inquisition then & there taken on View of the Body of the said
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John Lee
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as Underwritten.
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Thomas Cooke
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of
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Highgate
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in the
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Surgeon
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on
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his Oath says that on the Morning of the 25th. day of February 1761 This
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Deponent being sent for attended at the
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Red Lyon without Highgate
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aforesaid
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to examine the Person of One
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John Lee
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when this Deponent found a bullett wound
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on the left side of the said
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John Lee
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between the 4th. & 5th. false Kibb which had
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Bullett had penitrated into the Body of the sd
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John Lee
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so farr towards his
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right side that this Deponent feeling the Bullet made an Incision through
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the Integuments & extracted the Same, Deponent further says that sd
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John
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Lee
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lived afterwds. about 12 hours & then dyed and Deponent verily belives
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that the wound given to the said
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John Lee
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by the said Bullett was the cause of
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his Death.
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Thos. Cooke
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John Pill
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a position, servant to Mr. Barber of Long Acre Inn holder on his
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Oath says that on the same 25th Day of February he this Deponent draw Mr.
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Pentlows & Mr Darvill in a post Chaise & Stopped with these at
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Islington
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Turnpike
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& waited with them till the Warrington Stage Coach cause & then this
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Deponent drave his Chaise & Company after the sd Stage Coach (at some Distance)
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untill he gott as far as the Cook at
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lower Holloway
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when One man on
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Horseback ordered this Deponent to stop, otherwise he would blow this Deponts
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Brains out, Deponent did Stop, & the One Man turned to the chaise this Deponts.
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draw & thrust his Pistoll thro the Blind of same Chaise on the nigh or left side
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& demanded Money otherwise he would blow Brains only when out of the
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two in the Chaise fired a Blunderbuss at the Man by the left side of Chaise
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who then fired a Pistol in return & retired towards London and this Deponents
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fare gott out of the Chaise & walked towards London with few Arms, till
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they mett another Coach: This Deponent knows nothing of the Death
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of
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John Lee
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Edward Richardson
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Servant
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to
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John Handforth
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of the Seven & 2 Weeks in
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Lad Law London on his Oath says that on the same 25th. day of Febry
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this Deponent attended the Leeds Stage Coach as Guard thereto with a peiece of
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fire Arms And very early in the morning in some Part of the Holloway this
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