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Informations of Witnesses taken this Eighth
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on his Oath saith, that he was taking a Walk
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within the Liberty to Westmr. on Sunday last
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in the Afternoon between two and three O' Clock, Says
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that he heard a Noise, which he took to be the Report
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of a Pistol, and on looking round Deponent saw a
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after turned upon his back on the Ground in the Wilderness
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aforesaid, at about twenty or thirty Yards
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distance from Deponent, says that there was another
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from the Man that fell down, at the time he dropt, Says
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that he immediately went to the Person that lay on
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the Ground, and, the other
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three Pistols and two Swords in his hands, and said, that
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he was going for a
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, Says that
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another Person (whose Name Deponent knows not came to Deced
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about the same time as he Did, Says that they lifted up
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the Deced on his backside, and the Deced then did spit
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much Blood, Says that he asked Deced if he was Wounded
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to which Deced replied that the was Wounded under the
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right Arm, but that there had been no foul Play shewn,
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by a Bull discharged from a Pistol, by the other
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but says that Deced did not mention his Name, Deponent
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says that he after wards found three Pistols and two
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, about one
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hundred and fifty Yards distance from that Place, says that the
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Persons that come to the Deced first with him, took up
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another Pistol that lay on the Ground near the Deced,
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