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<p n="145"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo188">City & Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo189">Midsex</rs>
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Informations of Witnesses taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65204_date42">Eighth day of Feby</rs>
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. 1764<lb></lb>
at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo190">Parish of St. George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo191">Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty of Westmr.<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo192">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on an Inquisition taken on View of the Body<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n145-1">Evan Jones</rs>
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lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="146"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n146-1">James Frith</rs>
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of May Fair (Son of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n146-2">James Frith</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ63">Chandler</rs>
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) on his Oath saith that he<lb></lb>
was taking a walk in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo193">Hyde Park</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo194">Parish of St. George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo195">Hanover Square</rs>
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within<lb></lb>
the Liberty of Westmr. on Sunday last in the Afternoon between two and three O'Clock<lb></lb>
Says that he heard a Noise which he took to be the report of a Pistol, and on looking<lb></lb>
round Deponent saw a Man drop down on his rightside and immediately after<lb></lb>
turned upon his Back on the Ground in the Wilderness in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo196">Hyde Park</rs>
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aforesaid, at<lb></lb>
about twenty or thirty yards distance from Deponent, Says that there was another<lb></lb>
Man standing at about twelve or fourteen yards distance from the Man that fell down<lb></lb>
at the time he dropt, Says that he immediately went to the Person thay lay on the<lb></lb>
Ground, and the other Man ran by Deponent, having three Pistols and two Swords in<lb></lb>
his Hands, and said that he was going for a Surgeon, Says that another Person (whose<lb></lb>
Name Deponent knows not) came to Deced about the same time as he did, says that<lb></lb>
they lifted up the Deced on his Backside and the Deced then did spit much Blood<lb></lb>
Says that he asked if he was Wounded, to which Deced replied that he was Wounded<lb></lb>
under the right Arm, but tha there had been no foul Play shown, Deponent says<lb></lb>
that he believes the Wound was reced by a Bullet discharged from a Pistol by the other<lb></lb>
Man that want away, (whose Name Deponent knows not) but says that Deced did<lb></lb>
not mention his Name, Deponent says that he afterwards found three Pistols and<lb></lb>
two Swords in a hollow tree in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo197">Hyde Park</rs>
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about one hundred and fifty yards distance<lb></lb>
from that Place, Says that the Person that came to the Deced first with him, took<lb></lb>
up another Pistol that lay on the Ground near the Deced, Says that two Gentleman<lb></lb>
come up to the Deced soon after and Deced desired one of them to send for Mr. Hawkins<lb></lb>
a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ64">Surgeon</rs>
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, says that the Gentleman immediately went, Says that another Person<lb></lb>
brought a Post Chaise (which Deponent had seen before in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo198">Hyde Park</rs>
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) into the<lb></lb>
Wilderness and the Deced was put into it, and carried to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo199">St. George's</rs>
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Hospital near<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo200">Hyde Park Corner</rs>
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, Says that he assisted the Deced into the House when he observed<lb></lb>
the Deced's Shirt to be very Bloody, Says that Deced was put into Bed, and Depont.<lb></lb>
left him there and went away, Deponent says that he saw no Person near the<lb></lb>
Deced when he fell, but the Man that ran away with the Swords & Pistols as above.</p>
<p n="147"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n147-1">Richard Morris</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo201">Navy Office</rs>
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Gentleman on his Oath saith that he has<lb></lb>
known the Deced several Years, that Deced sent for Deponent on Sunday<lb></lb>
Night last to come to him, says that he went to Deced who was in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo202">St.<lb></lb>
Georges Hospital</rs>
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on Monday Morning last, says that he found the Deced<lb></lb>
in Bed, very Bloody, Says that Deced was Sensible and that he informed<lb></lb>
Deponent that he had reced a Wound from Lieutenant Span in a Duel<lb></lb>
Says that Deced told him that there had been an old Quarrel between<lb></lb>
him and Lieutenant Span when they were on Board the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo203">Richmond</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Man of War, and that he (the Deced) had given the said Lieutenant Span</p>
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