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