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lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
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the Liberty of Westmr. on Sunday last in the Afternoon between two and three O'Clock
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round Deponent saw a Man drop down on his rightside and immediately after
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turned upon his Back on the Ground in the Wilderness in
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aforesaid, at
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about twenty or thirty yards distance from Deponent, Says that there was another
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Man standing at about twelve or fourteen yards distance from the Man that fell down
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at the time he dropt, Says that he immediately went to the Person thay lay on the
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Ground, and the other Man ran by Deponent, having three Pistols and two Swords in
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his Hands, and said that he was going for a Surgeon, Says that another Person (whose
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Name Deponent knows not) came to Deced about the same time as he did, says that
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they lifted up the Deced on his Backside and the Deced then did spit much Blood
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Says that he asked if he was Wounded, to which Deced replied that he was Wounded
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under the right Arm, but tha there had been no foul Play shown, Deponent says
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that he believes the Wound was reced by a Bullet discharged from a Pistol by the other
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not mention his Name, Deponent says that he afterwards found three Pistols and
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two Swords in a hollow tree in
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about one hundred and fifty yards distance
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from that Place, Says that the Person that came to the Deced first with him, took
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up another Pistol that lay on the Ground near the Deced, Says that two Gentleman
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come up to the Deced soon after and Deced desired one of them to send for Mr. Hawkins
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a
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, says that the Gentleman immediately went, Says that another Person
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brought a Post Chaise (which Deponent had seen before in
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Wilderness and the Deced was put into it, and carried to
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Hospital near
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, Says that he assisted the Deced into the House when he observed
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the Deced's Shirt to be very Bloody, Says that Deced was put into Bed, and Depont.
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left him there and went away, Deponent says that he saw no Person near the
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Deced when he fell, but the Man that ran away with the Swords & Pistols as above.
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Richard Morris
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Navy Office
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Gentleman on his Oath saith that he has
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known the Deced several Years, that Deced sent for Deponent on Sunday
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Night last to come to him, says that he went to Deced who was in
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St.
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on Monday Morning last, says that he found the Deced
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in Bed, very Bloody, Says that Deced was Sensible and that he informed
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Deponent that he had reced a Wound from Lieutenant Span in a Duel
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Says that Deced told him that there had been an old Quarrel between
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him and Lieutenant Span when they were on Board the
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Richmond
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Man of War, and that he (the Deced) had given the said Lieutenant Span
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