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taken before as this 16th. day
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of July 1765
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he this Informant and
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Joseph Gould
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now present having had a half Guinea given then by mistake
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instead of a six Pence, they agreed to divide ten Shillings of it between them
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and went together to the
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where
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they had a Biscuit and two Potts of Beer & charged said half
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Guinea, then went to another Ale huse in the Road and had a
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Pott of Beer, then went together to the Cow and Calves and drank
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where the Person who formerly kept
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the red Lyon
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was offering
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Crass Cocks to Sale to Shelmerdine the Landlord, says they then
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went back to Mrs. Mc. Daniel and got two men to do their
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Patrole Duty for then, that they there met with
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Jonathan Stephens
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also now Present, says they all drank together in said Hosue till about
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ten o' Clock or a little after, and then said Stephens taking this
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Informant's Stick from him they went out of said House together
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and Walked along the Road towards the Cow and Calves aforesaid
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said Stephens and Gold being at a distance before this Informant
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and says that as soon as sd. Stephens and Gould got near to the
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door of the Cow and Calves aforesaid he this Informt. heard a
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Pistol Fire and then hasting upto said Stephens and Gold saw
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a Man very near them Gastring & Staggering & who presently
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fell as Dead says be there repremanded them for being there
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or bringing him there & observing that the Man was killed
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& they shou'd be tried for their lives to which they answered that
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it was nothing to him he had done nothing, says they then
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went round by the Queens Elen and that Gold and he went into
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where they drank for an hour or upwards but
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that Stephens refused to go in with them says that when
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they left Mc. Daniel as aforesaid said Gould
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and
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