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February 1769

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Robert Drewey< no role > Apprentice to Mr Weaver of Spitalfields Market
Butcher Saith he was Dressing Two Beasts last Friday agt
Mr Dobbs's Slaughter HouseThat about Nine in the Morning
he went Home with a Bullocks HeadThat he returned
in a few Minutes And when he Came back to the Slaughter house
he found Allen the Deceased and Thomas Lewis< no role > Quarrelling
together and Calling One another Names
That Allen said to Mr. Warner (who was there) This is all
along with You or else I wou'd have Licked him well
That Thomas Lewis< no role > said he could not
That afterwards Allen Came out of the Slaughter house
to Thomas Lewis< no role > who was washing a Tub in the Yard
And said "You Dog Do you want Any thing"
That Thos. Lewis Answerd' I am not Afraid of You
That then Allen said Come along I'll have it out with You
And Challenged to fight Thos. Lewis for a Crown
That Thomas did not Care to fight at all But Allen Called
him several Names And then they both Stripd' And went
to Fighting And Hit One another very hard
That the Deceased Threw Thomas Lewis< no role > the first Fall
That Then Thomas Hit Allen a Blow in the Stomach
which Knocked him all alongThat Informant
Lifted' Allen up And he seemed like a Log of Wood
Then they Closed in And Allen threw the Other a terrible
FallThen they met One another again And
Thomas Lewis< no role > threw Allen across a Tub that his Backside
went into the Tub and his side lay against the Tub




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