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January 1799.
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the Jury were perfectly unanimous in their Verdict
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that he Tied a natural Death by the Visitation of
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God with which I was perfectly satisfied but a
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paper writing having been sent to me signed as
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I understand by some prisoners not those of the
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Jury I went again to the Prison and made
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every further possible Inquiry and had one of the
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persons who had signed the paper of the Name
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of Bone down and upon that further Inquiry
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I was then and still am perfectly satisfied the
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Verdict was fit and proper I have ever found
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the Prison Clean and perfect Orderly and never
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during the whole time that I have attended heard
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the least Complaint against the Governor Apothe-
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cary or any of the Officers attending that Prison
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I made it a Constant practice upon every
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Inquisition I took to address myself to those of
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the Jury who were Prisoners saying that they
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had a better opportunity of knowing and observing
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the Conduct of the above mentioned Persons and
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pressing them to tell me what they knew and if
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any thing improper had been done that I would
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take Care to give them proper protection against
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any ill usage they might receive in Consquence
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of any Declaration which they might make
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by an immediate Application to the Magistrates
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to cause them to be removed and I never heard
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any Complaint - I have never seen any
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thing in the Plan or Treatment unnecessarily
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severe in its Effects on the Prisoners On the
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