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maketh Oath and saith that on Wednesday the 22d.
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day of June last Dept. being on Horse back he saw the
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John Cotton
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aforesd.
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and there saw the deced lay hold of sd. Cotton by the
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Collar and the deced appearing to be stronger then
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sd. Cotton he shoved sd. Cotton across a Ditch there;
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and the deced having hold of sd. Cotton's Collar at the
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same time Cotton Struck the deced
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Edge of a Bricklayers Hammer
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which he had
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in his Hand with the Chissell Edge of the sd.
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Hammer with great force upon the left side of the
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Head, on which a Scuffle in said, between the deced
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and Cotton, and they both soon fall
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to the Ground
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the deced being undermost; that
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they both got
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before
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they fall Dept. observed that Cotton attempted to strike
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the deced, with his Fist where he had before struck
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him with the Hammer and did strike the deced.
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in that place or near it Cotton's Fist being very
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bloody that Dept. heard the deced say will not
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lay
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hold of him, meaning sd. Cotton; says he Dept. then
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the deced since
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this day when Dept. saw the deced dead in Saint
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Bartholomew's Hospital.
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Sworn the 11th. day of July 1774
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before me
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Henr: Willmot
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July 1774
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William King
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maketh
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Oath and saith that standing near this Depts. own House
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he saw sd. Cotton and the deced walking together the deced
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having hold of Cotton's Collar, and when they advanced near
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to Dept. and Mr. Wilmot, the deced asked Cotton for 13½
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which Cotton
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the deced on wch Cotton said he wod.
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not pay the deced, whereupon a Scuffle moved between
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Cotton and the deced. and
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the deced Pushed Cotton
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agt. Depts. Hedge both having hold of each others Collars and
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then sd. Cotton struck the deced with great Violence with
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the Chissell End of an Hammer which Cotton then had in
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his hand, that a Scuffle then in said between the deced and
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Cotton and Cotton then struck the deced with his Fist upon
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or near the Place where Cotton had just before struck the
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deced. with the Hammer: that presently afterwards
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Cotton was taken to a Constable's who took Cotton before
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as Dept. hath been informed and believes
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who as Dept. hath likewise being informed and believes
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commited Cotton to
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and Dept.
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never saw the deced afterwards till this day when Dept. and
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Whom dead in
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