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<p n="1908">Richard Brindsley Sheridan of Bruton<lb></lb>
Street in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1312">Parish of St. George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1313">Hanover Square</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ467">Esqr</rs>
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. on his Oath saith That Yesterday in the<lb></lb>
afternoon after the Poll was closed this Dept.<lb></lb>
was some time in the Vestry Room <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1314">Covent Garden</rs>
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<lb></lb>
That on his going out he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
observed these had been a Tumult<lb></lb>
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and he says a Man lying upon he<lb></lb>
Ground near the Pump there, Says that<lb></lb>
before he saw the Man lye down he desired<lb></lb>
Mr. Wild to take away the Constables, to<lb></lb>
which he answered, That they were not<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1315">Westminster</rs>
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Constables, that they did not<lb></lb>
mind, him, and believed their intention<lb></lb>
had been to make a Riot, both the Constable<lb></lb>
and the other Man being there Brandishing<lb></lb>
their Sticks, Says that he Constables fell<lb></lb>
back, the other Joseph doing the same and<lb></lb>
Dept. their thought there would be no Blow<lb></lb>
Says that the Men with Marrow<obscured></obscured>
& Cleavers<lb></lb>
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<obscured></obscured>
thought nothing them and same before him after there<lb></lb>
was a Riot at Mr. Woods.</p>
<p n="1909">R Sheridan</p>
<p n="1910"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1910-1">Robert Stalker</rs>
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of No 44 <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1910-2">Wells Street</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1316">St. Mary le bone</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ468">Taylor</rs>
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on his Oath<lb></lb>
saith that he was at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1317">Covent Garden</rs>
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Yesterday<lb></lb>
in the Afternoon, Says that he stood upon a<lb></lb>
Seaffold there, Says that he saw many Blows<lb></lb>
Pass there, and that he saw in Man Dressed<lb></lb>
in a Chairman's Great Blue Coat White Stocks<lb></lb>
and <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1318">Black Breeches</rs>
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, wearing his own their<lb></lb>
with</p>
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