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When they saw Deced standing there
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with his face towards them, having a large
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Wound in his Throat, and much Blood
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upon his Cloaths and on the Floor, the Deced
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not being able to speak, Says that they
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did not touch the Deced, but went down to
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Acquaint Mr. Crook who went up with
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them immediately and saw the Deced
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lying upon the Floor Bleeding from
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the Wound in the Throat Dept. thinks
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he was then alive but is not sure, Says
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that he went for a Surgeon, and Mr.
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Howars came there & went up to
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Deced, and Dept. was informed that Deced
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was then dead, and Dept. believes that
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the Deced gave himself the Wound in
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the Throat which caused his Death
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Says that he afterwards saw a Razor
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on the Floor open & Blody with which
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he thinks the Wound was given.
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Says that the Deced appeared Yesterday
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to be very uneasy, and was worse
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this day, and much disturbed in
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his Mind.
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Richard Brain
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James Treeman
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Servant
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to Messr.
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Francis
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York Street
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That Mr. Francis this Morning between
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Nine and Ten o'Clock
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Dept. to stay
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with Deced who was in the Shop, and not
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to leave him, as he
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that he
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was in Danger do not fit to be left in his Mind, Says
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that he kept near the Deced until about
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half past two o'Clock when Dept. with the
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consent of Mr. Francis went to Dinner
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and Mr. Francis said that he would take
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care, there being several People in the
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Shop, Says that he was soon fetched
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Throat, and Dept. went up to Deced
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who lay dead upon the Floor with a
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large Wound in his Throat, which he
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believes Deced gave himself with the
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Razor which was upon the Floor near
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the Deced, And this Dept. further Says
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that he believes the Deced was this day
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Disordered in his Mind.
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Severally Sworn the
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abovementioned before me
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Tho. Prickard
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