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William Elliot
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that he had been
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Robbed and he was hanging, and immediately
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this Informant with the Assistance of one
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ran up into his Room and Cut him down and
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James Co
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Five Guineas in Gold Twenty four Shillings in
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Silver and some Copper.
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Taken and Sworn the
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27th. day of June 1758}
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