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20. day of May, 1784
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Middx
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The Examination of Witnesses touching the Death
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than and there laying dead
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George To witt of
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on is Oath
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Sayeth that Last Munday night about 10 Oclock
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, Jur. in hitching of ware going
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Mr Follet house to fight and he got in between them to Prevent it
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and they Struck at each others when this Witness
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revd. a blow from the Party he got a way, then the Pray stopd. a time
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and then
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they Stript, and when, out to fight then
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said that he wold sooner go and dring a pot of beer
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then to fight butt Edwd. Jacobs said that you Jack
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be a fighting man and I will fight You
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and then
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say the Deced and I Taylor have several
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Sharpe rounds of fighting and that he saw I Taylor, hitt
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dward Jacobbs on the right side of the head and Late tripp
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follow in one another and the deceasd. dropt, directley and
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never spoke aney more and expired in halfe and houre
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Examination of
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Richard Jewett
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at
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on is Oath
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Saith that when they Stript to fight,
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said That he wold sooner go and drink a Pott of beer
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then to fight with the decead, and E
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dwd Jacobs
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said that
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he wold fight, I,Taylor, for he never fought nothing but
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aney Longer witch is all that he knowed
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Richd
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The Mark
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