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April 1766

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Thos. Grimes< no role > of Rupert Sht . St. James ' Cordwainer
says he saw Grover the Person in Custody Strike the Deced
wth. the But End of his GunThat he was [..] in the Turnip
Field but took no Tops-but the deced & his Bror. Mathew
did toke some-That the deced had a Tool Bag wch. he put
the Tops into-That Mathew had a Pillow Caps into wch
he had Tops-Says he saw Groves Strike the deced wth. the
But End of his Gun-That he went away & at abt. 100 yards
distance he saw the Man in he is not in Custody fire &
Shoot the deced but the Me is Custody did not Shot him
herely Struck him wth. the But End of his Gun-he saw
the deced fill but did not return to help him-Says
the Gate into the Turnip Field was Shut & Fasten'd
they get over the gate-That he saw his Campaniens
gather the Tops & that they were gathered in the
Picket other they get over the gate for they hast never
before-That the man who shot the direct ask'd the
deced whot he [..] in his Rag& he refus'd to tell
him

Thos Grimes< no role >

Jno. Evans< no role > of Stepherds Bush Farmer That
that George Groves< no role > the prisonr . now in Custody was his
Servt. & had his Orchrs to look after the Turnip Field
That the man not in custody was Servt. to Mrs. Gardiner
to when he had sold help the Turnip they were pulled
up for the Stenting of lows & laid in Heaps in Order to
be remov'd for that purpose-That he [..] rd. Gardiner
were oblig'd to keep men nrin'd to presume thing Property
for they hame suffer'd Loss since whmas in the Topsd Roots
to the Values of 12th. beside thing France




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