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to be dead. says that Experiments were thereupon
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tried to bring the deced to himself, but when
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the deced died Deponent knows not Deponent
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says he knows of as Quarrel between the deced
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and the said Bushnell, otherwise than the above
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mentioned Dispute about the going over the
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Plank to the Barge
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John Mackanelly
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Sworn the
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22d. day of July 1776
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Tho: Beach
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James Earle
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Watlingstreet
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surgeon
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maketh Oath
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and saith that on Saturday last the 20th. day of July
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inst. Dept. was applied to to examine the deced who
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had been reported to have been drowned: that
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thereupon the same day Dept. opened the Body of
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the deced but found no Mark of Violence or Injury
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upon any part of it, but upon opening of the Thorax
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he found the Lungs distorted
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extended
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to a great degree they
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containing a great Quantity of Water and air
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which prevented Respiration and consequently
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prevent
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the Circulation of the Blood which was
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the
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efficient Cause of his Death
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Sworn the 22d. day of July 1776
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Tho: Beach Corr.
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James Earle
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Garlic Hith
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maketh Oath and saith that on Friday last abt. the
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Hour of 4 in the Afternoon Dept. was sent for to attend
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the deced who was said to have fell into the
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River of Thames
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at
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Queenhith
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: that he instantly
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repaired there, and found the deced lying on his
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Belly upon a Table in the Tap Room at the Kings Arms
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a Publick House there: that he appeared to be dead, but
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on examining his Pulse at the Wrist Dept. found a
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Pulsation; that the deced being confined in a close Room
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he had him moved up one Pair of Stairs
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and put on
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a Table and Placed upon his Back his Head & Shoulders
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being raised; that then Dept. made use of Frickins
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and other means to recover the deced but to no purpose
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and the deced died in about two Hours afterwards
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having been suffocated by Water geting into his Lungs
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Sworn the
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22d. day of July 1776
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before me
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Tho: Beach Corr.
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John Walford
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