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The Information of
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taken before me this 5th. day of Octr..
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1768
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Who being upon Oath says that on or about the 3d. of
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in the Afternoon he saw his late Master
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in perfect Heath
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says that about six o'Clock he went out says that about 12 in the
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Night he was brought home by three Men and one Woman that
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he was then very bloody and Wounded in different parts says he
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asked him if he had been Robbed that his Master replied that he was
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a Dead Man that he had only lost his Watch says that he told him
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that he had been Attackt by two Villains that their first Salutation was
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Damn your Blood your Money or Life and that one of them
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Fought him fair but that the other Cut him in several places
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and that when he had got the better of the one the other stabbed him
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under the breast says that his Master likewise informed him that he
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had pulled one of the Men's Coats off and pulled his Shirt over his head
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says that after he had called a
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to assist his Master he went
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with a Person now present who calls himself Miles Hoddy a
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& who was then Constable of the Night to the place where according to
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the description of his said Master he had been Attackt says that he there
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found a hatt a knife and two Wiggs now produced and also his
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Master's Watch Chain and Seals says that the said Mr. Hoddy found a
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Coat now produced says that his said Master contained He about
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a fortnight from that time and then Died as he believes from the
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Injuries that he recd. as aforesaid say that on shewing the said to Mr.
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Stoddart he declared that the owner of that hatt was the Person that
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Stabbed him
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Sworn before me
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