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<p n="172">then told them them they had no right to work there<lb></lb>
for that they<del>had</del>
ware no Ticket Porters and had no<lb></lb>
Ticket, and the deced further said that they should<lb></lb>
not carry the Goods out of the Barge, but they said<lb></lb>
they would for all him, and thereupon the deced<lb></lb>
alter<obscured></obscured>
to go upon the sd. Plank but they wod.<lb></lb>
not let him and told him that there was a Road<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
down the Stairs and that<del>he might</del>
if he had a<lb></lb>
Mind to come on Board the sd. Barge he must go<lb></lb>
that way, for if he offered to come over the Plant<lb></lb>
he the sd Bushnall wod. hit him into the Water,<lb></lb>
that the deced then got on the Plank, and when<lb></lb>
he had got about half the way over sd. Bushnell<lb></lb>
shoved the Plank from him and then pulled it<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
little way to him again which threw the<lb></lb>
deced into the River: says the deced as he was going<lb></lb>
down attempted to lay told of the Plank but could<lb></lb>
not: says that when Bushnall saw the deced<lb></lb>
fall into the River he secured to be very much<lb></lb>
concerned and cryed out, O Lord, O Lord, two or<lb></lb>
three times. Says that to Dept. and others used their<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
to take up the deced out to no purpose and that the<lb></lb>
deced was taken up in<del>the said</del>
a few Minutes<lb></lb>
afterwards and further knows not.</p>
<p n="173">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15087_date37">22d. day of July<lb></lb>
1776</rs>
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before me}</p>
<p n="174"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15087_n174-1">Tho: Beach</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15087_n174-1" type="surname" value="Beach"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15087_n174-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15087_occ111">Coroner</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15087_occ111" type="occupation" value="Coroner"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="175">The of Mark<lb></lb>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15087_n175-1">Richard Harding</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15087_n175-1" type="surname" value="Harding"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15087_n175-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="176">Sepr. 1776</p>
<p n="177">Informatns from Mr. Beach<lb></lb>
Coroner<lb></lb>
agt:</p>
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