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not carry the Deced many Yards but let the Basket fall
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down with the Deced in it, Says that the Deced was very
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weak and ill, and unable to walk, Says that he desired
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the Man Unknown to stay with the Deced until Tho. Gardner
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went to the Watchhouse to get some Body to take care of
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the Deced, Deponent being obliged to finish crying the hour,
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but they both refused, saying they could not stay, but that
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they would see him house, Says that after crying the hour
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Deponent came there again, but he found nobody at the
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Place. Says that he did not see the Deced since until this
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Day when he viewed the Deced in the
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, and that
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he was then Dead, but Deponent observed no Marks of
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violence upon him, and Deponent believes that Deced
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died for want of the Necessaries of Life, and by the
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inclemency of the Weather
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Robert Barnes
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WESTMINSTER CHAPTER MUNIMENTS
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Thomas Gardner
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of Peter Street in the
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on his Oath saith that on Thursday Night last
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he was drinking at the Black Horse in the
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where
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Deced also was, who used to lodge in the same House with
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Depont. Says that he and
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Michael Cassity
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were going home
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from thence about Eleven O'Clock, Depot. desired the Deced to
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go home along with him says that Deced went along with
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them about twenty Yards but was not able to Walk being
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very ill and weak, says that said Michael Cassity proposed
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to carry the Deced in a
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's Basket which said Cassity
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had, to which Deced Agreed and he was put into the Basket
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and lifted upon said Cassity's Shoulder
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Says that said Cassity did
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not carry the Deced for, the Deced jumping or Springing out of the Basket
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and falling on his side on the Ground as Depot. believes, but
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that he did not complain of being hurt, says that soon after
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Dept. said Cassity took hold of both the Deced's Arms and
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helped him into the Cower End of Wind mill Street, intending to
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get him house but Deced being so ill they were not able
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to get him any further, Says that they proof
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put the Deced on
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his backside by a Door in said
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and left him
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there, Deced being the Alive.
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Thomas Gardner
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Severally Sworn the Day Year and Place
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abovementioned before me
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