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Deced under the Stairs in the Dark, Says that the
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again soon after into the Warehouse, and after staying there
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three or four Minutes Deponent came down again,
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and in looking for the Deced, suspecting that he
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had made away with himself which he often
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said he would do in Depts. hearing Deponent discovered
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Deced hanging by a small Cord fixed to an Iron
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Bar over a Passage in the back part of Mr. Gunston
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house, with a running Noose round the Deced's Neck,
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of the Cord and throw'd the Deced on the Ground, Dept.
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the Deced, but he bled a few drops only and the
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