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ally. at law maketh oath that yesterday morning
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as he was coming down Stairs (of Mr. Atkins house) by the
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room the deced rested in the lard Witness told him the dead was
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in a corner of the roomDept went into the room & there
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saw the deced with a prea
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cord about his neck
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one end fastened round his neck & the other end to a Staple
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a The Wallthat Dept gave an alarm & Mr.
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up & cut him down-sayed his
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wrist were cold & he was
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quite dead. Says the deced talked sensibly while he was at
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Mr. Atkins but seemed dejected
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Sworn the
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15th day of
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November 1788
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before me}
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T Shelton Corr.
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D: Swiney
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Samuel Cook
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little Chelsea
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in the Co. of
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Middx
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maketh oath that he is Brother to
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the deced who for some time past had been Clerk to Mr. Nash
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of Austin Friars Carpenter-Says Dept has sometime
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spoker to him of his misconduct, & he has flour out in a
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violent passion & at other times he wod say nothingthat dept
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T Shelton Corr.
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J Cook
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