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Thomas Sterges
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maketh Oath & saith that Dept. &
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of a Canterbury Hoy being in Company to afsd.
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at a Publick House in Thames Street her own by he Sign
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of the Kentish Hoy abt. the Evening, Dept. observed the
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deced to come in the rabt.
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the same Evening: that she
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deced produced some Snuff Bones which he offered to
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Sales and one
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William Page
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then pre
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desired him to put them up at Auction, which the deced
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did & to the best of Depts. Reimbrance Dept. being Auction
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4 of them were sold at different Prices; upon their Sale
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deced was required to opened six pence in Liquor upon
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the Company by way of Recompence to the Auctioneer
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wch was done & paid for by the deced and drand by the
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Company; that the deced bury then very much intoxicated
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with Liquor Mr.
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David Davies
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the Mar. of the House desired the
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deced to go home and led the deced out & shut the Streat Door
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after him on wch the deced Knocked at the Door & Page
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sam afterwds. let him in that sam afterwds. Page in a Frolich
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as Depts. believes laid himself down upon the Flan & moved his hand as a
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Hint, as Dept believes to March to push the deced over
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Pape, which
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Mans did as
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did as
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believe
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he being the nearest to the deced when he was so thereon
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over Page: that Dept. heard the deced fall wch seemed to
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be with great force by the Sound: that Page assisted in
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touching the deced up are Page other deced afterwds. drank two
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Pints of Beer between them that Dept. did not hear the
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deced make any Complaint, and Dept. soon afterwds. went
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to Bed lodging at the came house, leaving the
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of the
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Company there, and
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heard nothing fors. abt. the deced till
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this Morning when Dept. was told he was dead, Says she
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apprehends it was between the Hours of 9 & 10 in the morning
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when the Accident happened.
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Thos. Hurges
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Sworn the
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2d. day of June 1766
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Tho. Beach
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David Davis
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Harp Lane
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in the Parish of
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London
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Victualler
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maketh oath
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and & saith that to the best of Dept. Recd
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the deced
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Depts. course abt. 9 in the Lovenry, of the 13p.
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Sent Snuff Boxes, some
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of wch were there put up & sold by Quartin; says the deced staida
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there till between 10 & 11 when being very much
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Dept lad him out
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of the House & desired him to go handy, or with Dept. into
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that
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Street Done & went to some other Compan in the Houses says he was
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afterwds. let in by somebody in the Company, but by where Dept.
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honours not: that Dept. saw him not
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anywhere till after
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his Tall: that he then made no Complaint of any hurt of afterwds. and the
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deced and
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afterwds. drink two Pints of Beer between & sat
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together
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hour afterwds. and Dept. Humbly in out of the
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Complaint and
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Dept. Grays not.
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Sworn the
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Tho. Beach Corr.
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