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Oldfield, another Watchman, being at the sign of the
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came into the said
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to come to the Watchhouse and
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said he did
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it for safety, and that the Man might be taken care of
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that accordingly, this Examinant, the said
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James Oldfield
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, conveyed the deceased
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to the Watchhouse, that he was carried thither, and that
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the deceased muttered and swore several times in going
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to the Watchhouse, that the deceased was led into the
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does not know) ordered the deceased to be put down
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lighted this Examinant down
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stairs with the Deceased, that this Examinant had hold
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of his Thighs, and Oldfield had hold of his head, that
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he was put in a place where there were Benches, that
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the deceased was so intoxicated that he could not
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sit on the Benches, and therefore was laid along the
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These Depositions were severally
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taken and acknowledged the
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Day, Year and Place, first
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