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saith That on Tuesday the 5t. instant about the hour at
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Seven in the Evening the deceased Edwin Swain
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when the Lincoln Coach drove up that
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the Passengers in the Coach began to talk about the
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Fight and offered to lay Betts that the deced offered
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Ward who was on the Coach to lay him 1 Gua to 35
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asked him what he knew about fighting
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he Answered I am Man enough for you and will
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fight you for a Guinea ward then got off the Box and
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came up to him seemingly in good humour and
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doubled his first and said I could have you here and
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have you there that Swain then refused to Fight
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but some Wards arising Ward Struck a Battle ensued
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and time for 20t that he then relived near the
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House and Ward followed him there and Struck
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him twice he not then being on his Defence that
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he fell in Consequence of steel Blows and Died
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that the space between his giving out and
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receiving the last Blow Deponent thinks was
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about Two Minutes
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All taken & Acknowledged
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the day Year and at the
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