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that on the same 7th. of November in the Evening She saw Captn. Shanks lying on the
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Ground in the Kitchen of his house bloody & Mrs Looney was on her knees by him:
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Among the Company He was helped up to his Bed and after much Attendance he was
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heard to Matter - Kill an Innocent Man; but did not name any person as guilty
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Depont. Stay'd till Shanks dyed And hearing the Surgeon say there was little hopes
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is his Life the wound
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large &, great Effusion of Blood Depont. advised Looney
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to deliver himself to a Justice Looney then demanded of his Wife some
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money & obtained a Purse with ten eleven Guineas in It, Deponent
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believeing Looney had shot Shanks asked Looney how to came to be guilty
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of this Wicked Action his Wife answered he hath
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Shot my Dear
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Captn. Shanks
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secure him & hang him
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now at Sea says she saw Capt.
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Shanks some small time before he dyed & heard him say Gods Vengeance light on
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him that wounded him for he shot him like a dog In ever thought It would have
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come to this End, & declared himself to be an Innocent Man Deponent thinks he
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upon Captn. Shanks going in to Looneys house heard a Gun go off & saw
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the Flash & is Possitive Captn. Looney let off the Gun for she heard Looney
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say dam him a dog I'll blow his Brains out.
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