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<p n="1329">is Situate <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo786">near the Hermitage</rs>
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Bridge open and upon looking<lb></lb>
into the Shop he Perceived some person laying upon the<lb></lb>
Floor with a White Cloth over his Face Deponent<lb></lb>
Immediately went to another Watchmen whose stand is<lb></lb>
in in Charlotte Street and informed him he was fear full that<lb></lb>
there had been a Murder Committed Deponent also alarmed<lb></lb>
Several other persons and with them went into the Shop<lb></lb>
and there found the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ295">deceased</rs>
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Noderick Macintosh laying<lb></lb>
on the Ground Dead with his Throat Cut and Stabbed in<lb></lb>
the Body That at the time of Deponents first finding<lb></lb>
the Door open he did not go within side the Shop nor<lb></lb>
did he perceive any person going in or comeing out thereof That<lb></lb>
Deponent does not know how<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he came<lb></lb>
to his Death except only that from the Nature of the<lb></lb>
Wounds he received he verily believes he must<lb></lb>
have been Murdered by some person or persons Unknown</p>
<p n="1330"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1330-1">James Cole</rs>
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