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Sworn Deposeth That on Monday 24 March in
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3 or 4 in Company in the Kitchinthat the
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Deced ross from his Place & came to him & said
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as an old Acquaintance that he & the Deced
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& was in his Ale & forward in LiquorThat
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wth. owing of him Mony & threatn'd to lick him up
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one of the Deced Company got up & came
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towards the Witness & the Deced & took hold of his Coat
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or hands & pull'd him down to the Ground & that he
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Belly-Remembers no Chair.
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the day & year afd
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Saith That on Monday the 24th. of March in the afternoon
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he went into Mrs. Twinings for a Pint of Beer &
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come up to the Deced & say he wd.
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shew the Deced his Country way of Wrestling &
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thereupon he took hold of him & the Deced immediately
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fellThat he much complain'd of his Belly.
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taken & sworn as above
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before me
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E Umfreville
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