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in the County of Middlesex: the Circumstances sworn to in Court were, That the Prisoner having bought a parcel of Wood of the Deceased, which he coming to fetch, complained of his hard Bargain, desiring that he might have some Over-plus, which the Deceased's Wife, denying to let him have, upon Words that passed between them, he struck her, the which her Husband observing, snatched a Well-hook out of her Hand, and made at the Prisoner, who throwing down his bundle of Wood, took out his Prong or Forked-stick on which he carried it, and struck the Deceased three Blows over the Head, the last of which broak his Skull. So that the Wound being given the
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