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at Mr. Douglas's a
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Cabinet maker
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Who being upon Oath saith that on Thursday the tenth day
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of August instant at about Six or Seven o'Clock in the Evening, as
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said "I think I have had the pleasure of seeing your Face before in
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Cunningham at
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and asked after Major Cunningham
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and whether they did not lodge at the same House", to which
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Informant reply'd that they didThat said Batchelor then
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told him, that he did not look well; and asked him to take
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a Glass of Wine that Informant declined it That said Batchelor
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then offer'd to take a Walk to his Lodgings, to see General Cunningham
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That Informant and said Batchelor went to a Public House on the
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opposite side of the Street, where they had some Rum and Water to
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drink, in a little back Parlour That nobody was in the Room, when
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they first went in, but another Man, came in soon afterwards, who
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seemed not to be acquainted with the said Batchelor That
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something passed between the Stranger, and said Batchelor, about
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Gambling, but that he does not know what it was, nor does he know
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whether they did Gamble or not That they drank about six
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pennyworth or a Shillingsworth of Rum and Water there & Informant had
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not been drinking before That said Batchelor and
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this
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Informant, then went to this Informants Lodgings, and met, both General
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