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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo139">Forestreet</rs>
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, Maketh Oath saith that on Friday in the<lb></lb>
Easter Hallowday Week about 9 or 10 o Clock at Night he saw Pearson have the<lb></lb>
Deced <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n173-2">Samuel Denton</rs>
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by the Collar & saw him beat his head Against a Door<lb></lb>
and Afterwards saw him pull him along to his own house, & then heard the<lb></lb>
Deced cry out very much & heard him say Dr. Sr: dout beat me, And heard<lb></lb>
him cry out very much After that, This Depont. further says that he never<lb></lb>
saw the Deced out of his Masters house after that Night And that on<lb></lb>
Wednesday the 2d: of May he Dyed, And on the Tuesday before he died this<lb></lb>
Depont. heard that he was Ill & at the same time was informd that<lb></lb>
he had the dry Leprosy upon him</p>
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. to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n174-2">John Carter</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo140">Forestreet</rs>
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Maketh Oath & Saith<lb></lb>
that on Friday in the Easter Hallowday Week he saw <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n174-3">Thos. Pearson</rs>
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beat the Deced<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n174-4">Samuel Denton</rs>
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as this Deponent verily believes was with a horsewhip but<lb></lb>
cannot be certain And heard him cry out very much & desired his Master<lb></lb>
not to beat him, Says that he never saw the Deced out of his Masters know<lb></lb>
after that, And that he dyed the 2d. of May, And before that he never saw<lb></lb>
a healthyer Boy in his Life</p>
<p n="175"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">5</note>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n175-1">Elizabeth Smith</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo141">Forestreet</rs>
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Says that on the 20th: of April last<lb></lb>
She heard <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n175-2">Thos: Pearson</rs>
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say I have got you now, & at the same time<lb></lb>
saw him beat she Deced <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n175-3">Samuel Denton</rs>
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& heard him cry out very<lb></lb>
much</p>
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