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<p n="104"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx & Westmr ss</note>
<lb></lb>
The Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n104-1">Samuel Bray</rs>
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of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50105_geo34">St Margarets<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ24">Farrier</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n104-2">Robert Cubbidge</rs>
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of the Parish of S<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
in the Feilds in the said County<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ25"> Carver</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="105">The Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-1">Robert Cubbidge</rs>
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sayeth that on Fryday the<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50105_date59">teenth<lb></lb>
of March last</rs>
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after <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-2">John Dent</rs>
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had received a wound from either <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-3">William<lb></lb>
Arch</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-4">Jeremiah Tooley</rs>
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or <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-5">John Clawson</rs>
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who assaulted the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-18">John<lb></lb>
Dent</rs>
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with<obscured></obscured>
atred Swords whilst he was in the aid of the<del>said</del>
Informant<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-6">Samuel Bray</rs>
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who is a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ26">Constable</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50105_geo35">Westmr</rs>
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. she said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-48">William Arch</rs>
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made<lb></lb>
after this Informant with his natred Bajonet whereupon be happned<lb></lb>
to be taken into the Custody of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-56">Samuel Bray</rs>
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and him carried<lb></lb>
before <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ27">the Honble</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-24">George Watson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ28">Esqr</rs>
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one of her Majestyes <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ29">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County & Liberty. And These Informants<lb></lb>
say that before the said Arch was brought before the said Justices<lb></lb>
he confessed him self to be a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50105_occ30">Soldier</rs>
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and said his Colonel would<lb></lb>
come tomorrow and fetch him off and the sd Arch seemed to make very<obscured></obscured>
right<lb></lb>
of the wounding the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-84">John Dent</rs>
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tho it was told them that<lb></lb>
the life of this said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-63">John Dent</rs>
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was dispaired of but when the said<lb></lb>
Arch was before the said Justice of Peace and word was brought that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-83">John Dent</rs>
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was dead the said Arch said he would in the<lb></lb>
peach than be hanged and then told the names<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of the two<lb></lb>
other Persons that were in the abovementioned Assault Vizt. Tooley &<lb></lb>
Clawson and that he and they had came off the Guard and did believe<lb></lb>
they might now be found, and the said Arch further said Know<lb></lb>
who gave the Stall I saw it done. And These Informants further<lb></lb>
say that thereupon the said Justice of Peace did imediately Grant<lb></lb>
his Warrants to apprehend the said Tooley & Clawson for the murder<lb></lb>
aforesaid and advised me the said Constable to go to the Guard in order<lb></lb>
to have this said Tooley & Clawson secured and delivered to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the<lb></lb>
to Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50105_n105-29">Samuel Bray</rs>
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And These Informants further say that<lb></lb>
when Inquiry was made for the said Tooley & Clawson at the Gaurd<lb></lb>
Roome<obscured></obscured>
was told they were there and were then upon duty and<lb></lb>
when the Captain was acquainted with what they had done and the<lb></lb>
said Warrant shewed him the said Captain or Dere'd a Serjeant<obscured></obscured>
with a good<obscured></obscured>
of<lb></lb>
Musketeers to go and secure the said Clawson and Tooley and<obscured></obscured>
them<lb></lb>
off their posts which was accordingly done and the said Captain<obscured></obscured>
and<lb></lb>
to secure them that night and deliver to them the next morning</p>
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