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(lodging with <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n74-2">Joseph<lb></lb>
Gait</rs>
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head at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15088_geo75">Giltspur street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15088_geo76">London</rs>
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) <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15088_occ36">Journeymen</rs>
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to sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n74-3">Silvanus Hall</rs>
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on his Oath saith that on the 1st. of<lb></lb>
April inst. abt. half an Hour after 11 in the Forenoon<lb></lb>
Dept. being in sd. Workshop he saw the deced runing<lb></lb>
along the sd. Workshop with both his hands on his<lb></lb>
right Thigh crying out, Oh dear, Oh dear, what shall<lb></lb>
I Do, immediately on which Dept. turned himself<lb></lb>
round and asked the deced what was the matter,<lb></lb>
to which the deced answered, Oh Lord, Mr. Alexander,<lb></lb>
Tom, meaning sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n74-4">Thomas Mann</rs>
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, had struck a, or<lb></lb>
the Chissel into the deced is Thigh, that the deced presently<lb></lb>
after sat own on a Chest in sd. Thops and Dept. instantly<lb></lb>
took the deced into his Arms he bleeding very much<lb></lb>
at his<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
right Thigh and presently after fainting away<lb></lb>
that a Surgeon was presently sent for at soon after<lb></lb>
came and finding the deced is would to be very<obscured></obscured>
desired the<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
of anor. Surgeon on whose<obscured></obscured>
<del>which</del>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
<del>Ingram was<obscured></obscured>
and maintaining they advised<lb></lb>
that the deced shod. be</del>
they agreed that it was advise able<lb></lb>
that the deced shod. be sent to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
an Hospital and<lb></lb>
accordingly the deced was soon after<obscured></obscured>
to Saint<lb></lb>
Bartholomew's Hospital (where he died last Monday as<lb></lb>
Dept. was informed and believes and Dept. saw him dead<lb></lb>
there this day, says he saw the dead. abt. 4 o'Clock in the<lb></lb>
afternoon on sd. 1st April at sd. Hospital when the deced<lb></lb>
on<del>informed</del>
pleashing him how it happened, said that<lb></lb>
he the deed<del>said</del>
called out to me Trayer then working in<lb></lb>
the shop, that he the deed was been lesquing and making<lb></lb>
games of me <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n74-6">William Warby</rs>
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then in sd. Shop, & sd. Trayer<lb></lb>
not answering the deced, sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n74-7">Thomas Munn</rs>
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said he<lb></lb>
know who the deced was taking off, which the deced<lb></lb>
answered Munn, that if he did not hold his tongue the<lb></lb>
deced wod. Kick his arse, on which Munn said that it<lb></lb>
the deced struck him, he Munn wod. strike the deced.<lb></lb>
again, and the deed told Dept. that he the deced lifted up<lb></lb>
his fact agt. Munn and should Munn away from hand<lb></lb>
and them Munn there the Chissell at the deced and<lb></lb>
wounded the deced on his High, That on Dept. desiring<del>Dept.</del>
<lb></lb>
the deced to be very cautions in respect to what he that deced<lb></lb>
said at Munn's life might be affected by it, the deced<del>said</del>
<lb></lb>
declared that what he the deced had said to Dept. was in<lb></lb>
very respect and that if he was before Gad he would<lb></lb>
take Oath thereof, and that deced said that if he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
did<lb></lb>
he<obscured></obscured>
for gave and ensured the sd. Munn.</p>
<p n="75">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15088_date24">12th. day of April 1775</rs>
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<lb></lb>
before me }</p>
<p n="76"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n76-1">Tho: Beach</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15088_occ37">Coroner</rs>
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<p n="77"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n77-1">James Alexander</rs>
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