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1781. before me One of his Majestys
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in and for the said County.
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Who being on Oath Saith that he is Foreman to Messrs. Heskins
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aforesaidThat on Monday the thirteenth day of April last he took
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is Master with orders for Ten Chaldron and a half
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of Coals to be put in the said Lighter and which was accordingly done as
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the said Captain Spence told this Informant the next morning when he
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took A Skiff and made all the Enquiry after
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Reach and that there appeared to be about Three
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which appeared to him to contain much about the same Quantity that
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That Informant upon this Information went to the said Stairs
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the said Lighter and which he believes were the same Coals. That
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there were four or five persons at Work in the Boat all of whom made
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their Esape except a Person now present and who Calls himself
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& who was one of the Persons he saw at Work in the Boat and
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Taken the day and Year first above
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