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Informations of Witnesses taken at the
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Thomas Newman
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lodger at Mrs. Pinks at the Helmet
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Alehouse on
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maketh oath that last
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night about half past seven o'Clock he saw the deced and Robert
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Jones both Coachmen) stripped with their shirts off in the street
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opposite the aforesaid Alehouse as going to fight and Dept interfered
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and Dept says that Jones seemed a verse to fighting and sayed
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he would rather put on his Cloaths than fight, that he did not want
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to flight him (the deced) or any other man; but the deced insisted on
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fighting, and therefore they again went into the street, and there
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fought together, says several blows passed between them, and also
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several
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false; Dept says the persons around persuaded them to give
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ever fighting, and that Jones was willing to do so, and sayed he would
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rather not fight, but the deced insisted on fighting until one of them
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should gain the day. Dept says the last blow that was given, was by
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Jones who struck the deced as Dept believes on the left side of his body
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the House apparently much hart; says he afterwards while in the
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House appeared to be very ill and speechless, and Dept assisted to put
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him into a Coach
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Sworn the
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The mark of
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