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<p n="26"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n26-1">Edward Crowder</rs>
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a Lodger at the House of sd.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n26-2">Robert Newton</rs>
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maketh Oath and saith that on<lb></lb>
last Thursday he was at the Publick Drinking<lb></lb>
Room of the sd. House a little before eleven in the<lb></lb>
Evening when five men all Strangers to Dept.<lb></lb>
Except <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n26-3">John Catlin</rs>
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came in & called for a Pot of<lb></lb>
Beer wch was brought & they drank; they found<lb></lb>
fault with the Beer: says that sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n26-4">Daniel Asgood</rs>
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<lb></lb>
treated sd. Duncomb who was siting in the sd. Room<lb></lb>
with very abusive language and that on Newton's<lb></lb>
reprimanding him for such his behaviour he<lb></lb>
abused Newton in the like manner and struck<lb></lb>
Newton twice with his Fist or wch Newton<lb></lb>
immediatly went out of the House to gett help as<lb></lb>
Dept. believes and called out to the Watch, or wch<lb></lb>
two of them the Deced and another Watchman<lb></lb>
came and Dept. follow sd the Watchman who went in Quest of sd. Men that a Fray ensured between the two<lb></lb>
Watchmen & the sd Five men as Depts. believes<lb></lb>
that the sd. Five men or some of them but which<lb></lb>
of them Dept. could not procured dis<obscured></obscured>
ned<lb></lb>
the two Watchmen of their Staves & cruelly<lb></lb>
best the drud with their; that Dept. then returned<lb></lb>
home soon after which the sd two Watchmen<lb></lb>
came there drank a Pint of Beer & the deced<lb></lb>
told sd. Newton that he had been ill used & Dept<lb></lb>
saw his can bleed very much.</p>
<p n="27">Sworn the 14th. day of Decr.<lb></lb>
1767 before me<lb></lb>
Tho: Beach Corr.</p>
<p n="28"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n28-1">Edmand Crowder</rs>
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<p n="29"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n29-1">Charles Barteen</rs>
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one of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15079_occ16">Watchmen</rs>
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<lb></lb>
belonging to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo18">Blackfryars Precinct</rs>
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maketh<lb></lb>
Oath and saith that last Thursday night about<lb></lb>
half an hour after eleven of the Clock as the<lb></lb>
deced was beating that time he was called to by<lb></lb>
the sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n29-2">Robert Newton</rs>
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and required to go to his<lb></lb>
House to quiat a disturbance there as Dept. believes,<lb></lb>
Says that before the deced and Kept got there the present<lb></lb>
making the disturbance had quited the House,<lb></lb>
and the deced & Dept. went after thought following them<lb></lb>
down the Step<del>at the foot of</del>
leading to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo19">Fleetditch</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Dept. being upon the Landing and the deced at the<lb></lb>
bottom one of he men but which Dept. cannot say wrested<lb></lb>
<del>struck to sh</del>
the Staff out of the hand of the deced and<lb></lb>
knocked him down with it broke his Lanthorn on<lb></lb>
which Dept. for his own safety immediately ran away &<lb></lb>
therefore cannot give a more<obscured></obscured>
insufficient</p>
<p n="30">The mark of<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n30-1">Charles Barteen</rs>
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</p>
<p n="31">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15079_date10">14th. day of December 1767</rs>
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<lb></lb>
before me</p>
<p n="32"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n32-1">Tho: Beach</rs>
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Corn.</p>
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