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<p n="1060">Room and to give a Guinea to each of<lb></lb>
them, which Dept. did accordingly, and<lb></lb>
the four women went away, Burnet the<lb></lb>
Fidler staying in the Room with Deced, says<lb></lb>
that in a few minutes Burnet came down<lb></lb>
Stairs, saying that the deced had ordered him<lb></lb>
to go down,and would send for him again in<lb></lb>
a quarter of an hour, Says that Burnet <lb></lb>
in about Twenty Minutes went up Stairs<lb></lb>
and returned immediately, Saying, that<lb></lb>
there was disagreeable Rhobert in the Room where<lb></lb>
Deced was, and supposed the Candles were<lb></lb>
fallen down, upon which Dept. went up<lb></lb>
Stairs into Deced's Room which smelt <lb></lb>
very strong of Gun Powder one of the<lb></lb>
Washes being up, Says that the Deced<lb></lb>
was Setting in a Chair, bleeding from a<lb></lb>
wound on the right side of his Head, his<lb></lb>
Cloaths being bloody and much Blood upon<lb></lb>
the Floor, Says that he felt the Deced's hand<lb></lb>
which was not cold, but he observed no Signs<lb></lb>
of Life in the Deced, says that he beleives<lb></lb>
the Deced's death was caused by the wound<lb></lb>
on the Deced's Head as abovementioned, and<lb></lb>
that he gave it to himself by discharging<lb></lb>
a loaded Pistol against his Head, and that<lb></lb>
he this Dept. then found a Pistol upon the<lb></lb>
floor between the Deced's feet, which appeared<lb></lb>
to have been discharged, the Cock being down<lb></lb>
And this Dept. Says that the Deced has at Times<lb></lb>
used the Deced's House many Years, that he<lb></lb>
observed the Deced's behaviour at Support afterwards<lb></lb>
to</p>
<p n="1061">to be very different from what it used to be<lb></lb>
making Dept. put Deced's Hat upon the Fielder's<lb></lb>
Head, and Says that the Deced did not then<lb></lb>
appear to be Intoxicated with Liquor</p>
<p n="1062"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1062-1">John Robinson</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1063"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1063-1">Richard Burnet</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1148">Exeter Court Strand</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on his Oath Saith That yesterday about Eight<lb></lb>
o'Clock in the Evening a Lad came to Dept.<lb></lb>
desiring him to come to Mr. Robinson at<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1149">Bedford Arms Covent Garden</rs>
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, & upon his<lb></lb>
going there, Mr. Robinson head a Note from<lb></lb>
Mr. Damer Desiring Dept. to come there that<lb></lb>
Evening about Ten o'Clock, Says that he <lb></lb>
went to the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1150">Bedford Arms</rs>
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at that hour<lb></lb>
but Mr. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ326">Damer</rs>
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did not come until half<lb></lb>
after Ten, That he supped with some Girls<lb></lb>
and Dept. Played upon the Violin, That about<lb></lb>
Three o'Clock this Morning the Deced ordered<lb></lb>
Dept. to call Mr. Robinson, which he did,<lb></lb>
land Deced whispered something to him<lb></lb>
and Mr. Robinson immediately called the<lb></lb>
Women down Stairs, and n a few Minutes<lb></lb>
after the Deced desired this Dept. to go down<lb></lb>
Stairs for a Quarter of an hour, and Dept.<lb></lb>
accordingly by went down, leaving Deced alone<lb></lb>
in the Room as Dept believes, Says that<lb></lb>
in about half an hour Dept. went up again<lb></lb>
and</p>
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