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John Lowe
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London Pawnbroker maketh Oath and
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saith that on Friday last the 19th. day of July inst.
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about the Hour of 4 in the Afternoon Dept. being at
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the Bottom of a Barge belonging to Mr.
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George
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Bull
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Dept. and one
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Daniel Bushnell
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laid a
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Plank from the sd. Barge to the Wharfe there one
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end of which rested upon the Wharfe and the
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other upon one side of the Barge; and Dept. and
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sd. Bushnell were going to land from the sd. Barge
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three empty lacks but were prevented by the deced.
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who insisted that it was his right to land the
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same as he was a Freeman and Dept. and sd
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Bushnell were Foreigners;
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and on the deced's
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that sd. Bushnell told the deced he shod. not pass
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over the Road which Dept. and Bushnell had made
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meaning the said Plank, yet the deced forceably
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entred on the sd. Plank in order to put into the said
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Barge and
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after he had got
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upon the Plank the
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said Bushnell
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who being at the Bottom of the sd.
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Barge moved the sd. Plank
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the same
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and then drawing
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by means of which the
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deced fell into the sd. River and was drowned that
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the
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the sd.
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Bushnell
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Bushnell immediately on seeing
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the deced fall into the River appeared to be very much
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affected, and cryed out, help, help, and made a
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Plunge over the side of the Barge in order to get hold of
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the deced but missed him. Says he was so
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much out prised that he could not stay at the place
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where the Accident happened, so came away, and in
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about a Quarter of an Hour afterwards Dept. saw the
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Body of the deced brought into the
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Kings Arms
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a
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Publick House at
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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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John Lowe
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Tho: Beach
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Richard Harding
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of
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Maidenhead
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in the
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County of
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Berks
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Bargeman
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maketh oath and saith that on
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Friday last the 19th. of July inst he this Dept. being in a
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Barge lying at
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Bull Wharfe
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belonging to Mr. Robinsons
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a Plank was laid from the sd. Wharfe to the Barge by
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sd. Bushnell and John Lowe for a Road: that the
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deced asked them what they were at there, to which
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sd. Bushnell said, what is that to you, and the deced
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