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now here lying Dead.
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London Box maker maketh Oath that he hath known the
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John Chalkley
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about three Yrs. of a year that the
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deced lodged in Dept. home the whole of that time
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that he was a Ticket Poster and rented the two pair
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of Stairs front Room in Dept. house that between the house of
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seven and eight in the Evening of Sunday had Dept.
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hearing a Noise in the
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stairs and on going into the deced Room he found the
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deced lying on his hands and knees and a great quantity
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of Blood under him and quite insensible Dept. immediatley
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went for a Mr.
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Taylor
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who returned with
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Dept. the deced and on examining the deced he found
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a
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in his Threat that the deced was taken in
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the deced was taken to the Hospital Dept. found a Rozor
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very bloody and a pair of
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lying in the Blood
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Where the deced lay before he was taken to the Hospital
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that Dept. has observed the deced very much dejected
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circumstances so much so that he was unable to pay Dept.
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all the Rent he owed him - that Dept. saw the deced on
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the Monday following at the Hospital but he was
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unable
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to speak but appeared sensible - that Dept.
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saw the deced about two OClock on the Tuesday following
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and on Dept. comeing to the Hospital on Wednesday
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Morning following he was informed the deced was dead
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Sworn the 8th. day of
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April 1791 before me}
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