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August 1765

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Thos. Davile< no role > of Chambers Street Goodmans Fields officer in the
Excise That Yesterday Morning abt. ½ an hour after 12 he was going
upon Duty into Pennington Street That in Well close square he heard a
great noise in Ship Alley he Stop'd at this corner & saw there Allen
in a row following our anor.Thinks himself certain That Delany the
Person produced to him was the last of the threeThe first of the three
he did not knowThe 2d. was the deced very much in liquoris sure
it was the decedit was a Moon light Night but he beside held
up his Lanthorn or perfectly distinguish'd the deced & DelanySays
he saw them Move forwards towards, the Passage wch. leads into the back
Lane & saw no more & themSays he went the next Morning to saw
the deced & is Certain he is the Person he saw between the other two
Says he cant. recollect Parthar expressions from the deced but he
sam'd much un easy & did not like the Compa. he was inThat
he heard Delany say he Wd, take care of him & that in a Confus'd Way
the deced said he knew his way & what he was abt.

Thomas Davill< no role >

Wm. Harper< no role > at Jno. Humphries< no role > the Sign of the Sun & Sword the
Corner of Church Lane hath liv'd wth. his Mar. a Mr. next Tuesday That
abt. 11 last Wednesday Night he led a blind Woman home over the Way
That as he was leading her over, a Woman he saw running after a Man,
in a light Cold. Coat & palting him wth.himdirt That the Man took
up a handful of dirt & was going to leave it at the Woman who than
ran away & came back again wth. the prisonr. Delany in bluethey
came as from Cabel Street & the Man in blue ran after the deced
& gave him a violent blowhe heard the blow & the deced he heard
cry out MurderMurder in a hoarse Voice & that the Prisonr. in blus




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