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Oath that on Saturday the 4th. inst. he saw the deced
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on
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the Heath
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near Mr. Heacock's House
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about 11 at night, that the deced was lyin
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upon the
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Ground there on wch Dept. asked if it
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she
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to wch Water Marsh
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in
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Dept. cod. not hear it that when Dept. got to the
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Walter
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and Robt. as Dept. believes said that the dece
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and desired Dept. to assist in geting the d
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Dept. did & and when he was get home Dept. observed him
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to be very bloody: Dept. then asked
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it there had been any Quarrell, to wch Walter
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answered there had been a Quarrel between the deced
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and Walter & that the deced had struck Walter ever the
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Shoulder with a Mattock and thereby broke the Handle
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when Dept. first saw him appeared to be helpless speechless
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and so continued when Dept. left him after having been
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brot. home. That Walter & Robt. bot appeared to Dept. to be
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perfectly so been
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Sworn the
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21st. day of Febry 1764
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Thomas Tayler
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George Russell
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afsd. Smith maketh Oath that on Saturday the 4th. inst. Dept. being
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upon the Heath in Company with
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Thos. Taylor
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between 10th in
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the Evening he saw the deced lying on the ground near Mr
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Heacock's House; that Taylor asked who was there, to wch,
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Walter
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answered some thing but Dept. can't
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recollect what it was: that Dept. & Taylor then went to the deced
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said that he, meaning the deced was drunk, & desired Dept.
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& Taylor to assist in geting the deced home; that the deced was
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both helpless and Speechless. That he & Taylor did assist a
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they with
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got him home abt. 11 o'Clock
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the same Evening: that he was very bloody; that Walter soon
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ofter the deced was carried home told Dept. & Taylor that the deced & Rob
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her
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had in had him sd. Walter to go abroad with them in
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Order to quarrel with him, and that the deced had struck Walter
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over the shoulder, pointing to his last Shoulder with the Handle of a
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Pit and wch broke with the Blow and knocked him down, that when
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Walter got up he struck the deced with his Fist upon one of his
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Temples and knocked him down, and
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Walter
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the deced after receiving
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the sd. Blow cod. not rise did not, and there laid sulby.
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21st day
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of Febry 1764
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Tho: Beach
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John Dickinson
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