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Who being upon Oath says that in the Evening of last Shrove
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with part of the said Barley, that on the said Sunday a
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person now present who calls himself James Witnell applied
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as a Pauper to the Vestry of the said Parish of
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them to provide a House for him to live in that the Vestry agreed
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to let him and his family live in a Room in one of the plans houses
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in the said Parish and this Informant told the said
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James
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which was the Room appointed for him, that the said
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James Witnell replied he would not live in that Room and
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that this Informant was spiteful to him and that he would
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be as spiteful to this Informant or that he would seek his
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Revenge or Words to that Effect, and this Informant says
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did feloniously
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set fire to his said Barn, and further that he does verily believe
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will do or cause to be done some bodily
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harm to him this Informant
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Sworn before me
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31st. March 1773}
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