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this
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voluntarily confession
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and saith that he being in the Cabin of the Ship Little
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John
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now lying in the
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Thomas & belonging to the Port of
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Sunderland
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aforesaid, about some Business
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(who was then at Work on
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board the said Ship accidentally came into the Cabin
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Robert
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being then cummaging in the Chest of small Arms
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never Seen at Sea before nor never seen or handled any
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fire Arms he by Accident took up a Pistol which was
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then in the said
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Chest, & as it was in his hand it
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in or
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near the left Eye of which Wound he drap'd down but did
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& sayth that he did not know that the said Pistal was
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charg'd but taking it up by Accident it accidentally went
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as aforesaid
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Taken the Day & year aforesaid
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