Tonque out - she ask'd why - for tho' she had been
ill she was now well enough - That her Husbd. went
to look for a Sarg a Saee Knife but could not find it
- That he then came to her in a great Passion
& thing her down on the Hearth & again hid
her put her Tongue out for clame upon yr. Tongue
I'le leave & if you aloud I'le kill you - That the
deced tied up her hands & sd. pray Richd. aloud
kill me I have not hurt you should you
hurt me - That he still insisted she should
put out her Tongue or he would Ripp her up
- That is sertlling she lost seven shanks of her
Teeth - That she was over powered & her husbd.
insisting upon having her Tongue out, she believes
she open'd her Mouth but cannot remember Wher.
she did put out her Tongue or not - but that her
Husbd. had hold of her Tongue & cut it out with
an old Gardiners Knife - all this the deced told
the Witness on the Wednesday Morning &
that the Fact was done on the Sunday Morning

the Mark of
Mary [mark] Dew< no role >

3.

Mary Lydia < no role > the Wife of Robt. Cooper< no role > - next door
to the deced - That she saw the deced on the Sunday
Morning in her Gore sitting in a Chair by the
Foot of the bed - had no Cap or handkerchief on
& her Shift was tore down to her apron String - That
at a distance aa smallPorridge Pot of Water was standing with
an handkerchief wch. had Whip'd up blood & wash'd
her Bosem - That the deced could not speak but