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that immediately his entering said House he heard the
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Firing of a Sun in a Room up Stairs on which this Informt,
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ran up and found the Room in great Smock or Smother
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from the Firing of the said Gun & found the other Informant
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John Thomas
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attempting to wrench the said Gun out of the hands
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of the said Crew who as this Informant believes had wilfully
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and maliciously Fired the same loaded with a Bullet
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which was afterwards found in the said Room, at the said
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John Thomas
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, and these Informants
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John Thomas
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and
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Francis Lascoe Pewlett
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upon their Oaths severally
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say that they were employed by the other Informants
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William Norden
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and
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Miles Smith
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to assist them
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in the execution of the Warrant herein before mentioned
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and that these Informants entered the House of the said
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William Crew
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the outward door whereof was open, on
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Monday the 13th.. Instant about the hour of six in the
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Morning and not seeing the said
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in the
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Kitchen which was on the ground floor these Informants
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immediately went up stairs, the said Thomas first and
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the said Pewlett following him in Order to Search for
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the said Crew, and the said Thomas for himself with
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that seeing a Key in a Chamber door on the right hand
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of the Landing place, this Informt. opened the same and there
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saw the said
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in his Shirt sitting upright
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on the side of the Bed the Curtains of which were undrawn
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with a Gun in his hand which he put to his Shoulder and
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presented it at this Informt. whereupon this Informant
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instantly stept up towards the said Crew and the Room
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being small this Informt. advanced Just in time to turn aside
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the Muzzle thereof, at which it instant of time said Crew pulled
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the Trigger of the Gun and Fired the same intending
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as this
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