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Informations taken this 30th. day of October
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1764 at the
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William Bacot
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on his Oath saith, That on Saturday
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last about five O' Clock in the afternoon Mrs.Simpson the Wife
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of Mr. Simpson who is Brother to the Deced came to Deponent
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and told him that the Deced was ill and that he feared that he had take
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Prison and desired Dept. to come to Deced, says that he
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immediately came with Mrs. Sampson to Deced, and found him
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vomitting and complaining of great parish in his Bowls,
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Dept. says that he said to Deced. that he was informed the Deced
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had taken Arseine , and desired Deced to tell him where
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he bought it and what Quantity he had taken. that Deponent
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might better know what steps to take, to which Deced
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Answered that he had bought three Penny worth of Arsenie
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at a Colourshop the Corner of
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and that he
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had taken it, Says that he gave Deced some Warm
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Water and afterwords some Oil to encourage his Vomitting
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says that he afterwords went to the Colourshop the Corner
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, and that the Person that keeps the shop
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(when Name Dept. does not know) told Dept. that he had that
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Day sold an
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Ounce of Arsenie to a Man whom he did
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not know for which he had taken three pence, but upon Dept.
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describing the Deced and his Cloths, the Shoop keeper said
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it answered the Description of the Person to whom he sold
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the Arsenie, Says that Deced took more Oil, and that
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about Eight O' Clock on Saturday Evening Dept. sent him aglister
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Says that Deced continued in Great pain until about Elevan
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O' Clock that Night, when he died, and Dept, says that he
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believes the Deced's Death was occasioned by the Arsenie
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he had taken
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