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Informations of Witness taken this tenth
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of the Second Troop of Life Guards on his Oath
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Evening Deponent and
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the Deced, into
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, Deponent intending to
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Swim, Says that Deced undressed himself and went into the
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Serpentine River in
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, and swam across the said River, Deponent
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and Mr. Snelson staying beg the Clothes, Says that Deced came
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back into the Middle of the River, and there said to Dept.
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that he had got hold of a Cork upon which Deponent Desired
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that he would swim out, it being Dark, and Deponent
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was not able to discover the Deced any longer, Says that
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he did not hear the Deced speak afterwards, tho he (Depont)
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and Mr. Snelson called to Deced several times and staid
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near the Waterside untill Eleven O'Clock, but could have
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no Account of him, Says that they then Concluded that the
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Deced was Drowned and come home to Acquaint his Friends
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therewith Depont. says that he and several Other Persons
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went again to the Water side and brought the Deced's Clothes
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to his Lodgings in Green Street, Says that he went
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Yesterday Morning with others to the River side to see
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went into the
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aforesaid, and that he was their
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Dead, Says that there was no Person with Deced in the River
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when Deced was Swimming
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belonging to the Second Troop of Life Guards
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on his Oath saith, that he was acquainted on Tuesday Night
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last that the Deced was Drowned in the
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, Says that the next Morning Deponent and
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other Persons went to the River side to look for Deced, and
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that
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