some hard Words which occasioned this Duel, Says that he asked Deced
if he had any Second to which Deced replied that he had not, but that
Lieutenant Span had one, and said that he (the Deced) had a Post Chaire
ready to carry him off if he had killed the said Lieutenant Span, Deponent
says that he asked Deced where he would have gone to which Deced
Answered he could not tell, Deponent says that Deced was of a
Quarrel some Disposition, and Deced informed Deponent that he has
fought a Duel at Nova Scotia with a Lieutenant belonging to the
Richmond Man of War, on Board of which Ship Deced had been Surgeon

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William Walker< no role > House Surgeon at St. George's Hospital on his Oath
saith that about three O'Clock in the Afternoon on Sunday last the
Deced was brought in a Post Chaise to said Hospital, Says that he
observed the Deced was Wounded under the right Arm, Says that
he immediately sent for Mr. Hawkins one of the Surgeons belonging
to said Hospital, says that Mr. Hawkins soon after came there and
Examined the Deced's Wound and laid it open, Says that Mr.
Hawkins declared that one or more of the Deced's Ribs were broke
and took out several pieces of Bones, Says that proper care we
taken of the Deced in said Hospital, says that Deced grew worse, and that
Deced died in said Hospital on Monday Night last about Eleven O Clock,
Deponent says that he believes the Wound was reced by a Bullet entering in
there, and is of Opinion that the Wound was the Occasion of the Death of
the Deced.

W W.