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this Deponent if his Wife had lodged with her since the
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Tenth of October to which Deponent answered Yes That
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soon after the Son of the said
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came up into
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& his Son
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began to dispute together
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beat his said Son with
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a Poker That this Deponent got between them and prevent
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from beating his Son sho then went
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Morgan who had came up into this Deponents Room
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with him both followed the said
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's Son down
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Stair's and went into the Deceased's Room and this
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used very bad Language towards
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the Deceased and threatened to throw her behind the fire
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broke a Table and some Claine
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belonging to the deceased That presently afterwards Samuel
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Lee the Son of the Deceased Came up into his Mothers
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Room and
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with his first and knocked him down and
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sd. Morgan then struck
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and they all
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fought together for about Ten Minutes and in the
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Scuffle some of them got the Deceaseds poker and
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Deceased and Deponent got among them in order to part
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them and Deponent hearing some body fall turned round
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and saw Deceased laying on the Ground and Deceased
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immediately called out a Save my Child, save my Child
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(meaning the said
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That the said Charles
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Griffiths and Morgan continued fighting with the sd. Samuel
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Lee and the endeavoured to throw him down Stairs and
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they all went down the Stairs fighting leaving this Deponent
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and the Deceased in the Room That the Deceased
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