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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty
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to William
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Mackreth the Deced, Line Merchant in
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. on his Oath saith, That he
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has lived with the Deced about Eleven Years, That the
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Deced about six o'Clock this Morning standing at his
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Accounting House Door called to Dept. and desired him to bring
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out the Horse for his Clerk
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John Henley
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to ride out upon
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which Dept. did and said Henley rode out, Says that
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about a Quarter of an hour after he saw thro' the
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Parlour
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and looking into the Desk, Says that in about
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Ten Minutes Dept. was going to call up
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a Lad and Passing by the Deced's Kitchin Door which
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stood in the Middle of the Kitchen and his Left foot
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his fellow Servants who come immediately and hold
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laid down upon the Floor, appearing to Dept. to be
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dead, says that Mr. Perrott was fetched, who said
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that the Deced was dead and did not there bleed him,
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Says that he saw no Person in the Kitchen or
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any
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