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<p n="86">This informacon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n86-1">Martha Gillam</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Taken the 15th. Day of Septr. 1753<lb></lb>
before <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n86-2">Robt. Wright</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50422_occ44">Esqr</rs>
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at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo92">White Bear</rs>
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the Corner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo93">Old Street<lb></lb>
Square</rs>
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in the County of Middx on<lb></lb>
Veiw of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n86-3">Soloman Burton</rs>
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<p n="87">This Informt. saith That on the 9th. Instant at night<lb></lb>
deced was drinking by himself in the House of Informts.<lb></lb>
Husband & afterwards was in Company in the same Room<lb></lb>
with two persons who went by the name of Ducker<lb></lb>
& one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n87-1">Joseph Mursey</rs>
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says they were all very sociable<lb></lb>
-says that Mursey<del>charged</del>
gave a Guinea to charg wod. pay but<lb></lb>
two shillings for the punch which deced resented & said<lb></lb>
he ought to pay half a Crown as a quartern of more<lb></lb>
rum had been put into it & beleives<del>Mursey</del>
Mursey<lb></lb>
struck the deced on the face as there were high word,<lb></lb>
between them & Informt. saw deceds face bloody<lb></lb>
whereupon the deced stript to fight Mursey directly<lb></lb>
but Informt. Endeavour'd to hinder the deced who told<lb></lb>
her he wod. only strike him one blow for his<lb></lb>
Impudence, which informt. beleives he did &<lb></lb>
imediatly deced cryed he was stab'd, & when deceds<lb></lb>
Husband went to Coll or Mursey she saw sd. Mursey<lb></lb>
have a Short Steel Instrumt. in his hand which he<lb></lb>
attempted<del>to</del>
(as Informt. beleives) to hill her sd. Husband<lb></lb>
with-says she verily beleives that sd. Burton was<lb></lb>
Lillid by the sd. Mursey</p>
<p n="88"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n88-1">Martha gillam</rs>
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