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the Bed Cloaths, Says that she asked Deced
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how it happened, and he said it was an
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Accidental thing, Says that a Surgeon was
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fetched who Served up the Wound in Deced's
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Throat, and attended him afterwards until
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Deced's death which happened about Two
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o'Clock yesterday Morning the Seventeenth
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Instant, Says that she believes the Deced
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gave himself the wound in the Throat
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which caused his death, That she saw a
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Razor afterwards Bloody (Which she was
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informed was taken out of the Deced's
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Wastcoat Pocket by the Surgeon) and Dept
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believes that the wound was given with
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that Razor, Says that the Deced after he
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was Seized with the violent Trembling on
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Thursday Morning, appeared to be much
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disturbed, and Dept. Says that she heard
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the Deced tell the Clergyman (who asked
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him how he came to do that Act) that he
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was Insane.
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Thomas Atkinson
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Berwich Street
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Parish of St. James
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Oath saith That
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Thomas Ireland
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has lodged in Dept. House upwards of
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two months last past, Says that he was at
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home last Thursday (Jany. 13th.) and believes
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that the Deced gave himself the wound in the
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Throat which caused his Death, Says that
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the Surgeon the same Morning took a Razor
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Bloody out of the Deced's Waistcoat
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in Dept. presence, with which he believes the wound
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was given, Says that he was present on
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Sunday last when Mr. Mainwaring a Clergyman
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asked Deced how he came to do that Act, and
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Deced Answered that he was Insane of that time.
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Tho Atkinson
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Severally Sworn the Day Year Place
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abovementioned before me
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Tho. Prickard
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