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where Pistols are usually Tried, the
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Deced having the Pistol in his Right
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Hand for that he was using to lead
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Deced down Stayed and having his Hand on the Kir
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of the
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that the Pistol instanty
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went off and Deced fell down being
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shot in the Month, are the Ball
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passed through his Head, and Deced
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died immediately, Says that the
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Deced before the Pistol went off, looked
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into the Barrell in order to see whether
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it was Charged or not as Dept. thought
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that the Pistol went off, and Dept. their
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thought and now thinks that the Pistol
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was discharged by Accident, And
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this Dept. says that when the Deced was
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going to Fire the Pistol in the Parlour
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Dept. desired the Deced not to Fire
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it there, that he would break the Wind
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and frighten the Children, and that the
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Pistol had a Ball in it, to which Deced
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Answered that there was no Ball in
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it, and that he was going only to
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and Dept. is of Opinion
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that the Deced thought there was no Ball
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in the Pistol at the time it went off.
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And Dept. says that the Deced appeared
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to be Cool and Sensible
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John Richards
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John Dust
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Apprentice
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to Mr. Richards of
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the Strand
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Gunsmith on his Oath saith That
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the Deced came into Mr. Richards's Shop this
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Morning a little after Ten o'Clock and
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asked for a Pair of Pistols and on the Dept.
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asking him of what sort Deced Answered
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Duelling Pistols, Says that he shewed Deced
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a Pair, and on Deced asking the Price, Dept.
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said seven Guineas, That the Deced
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put down Seven Guineas and said they
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were very Dear, Says that John Sicker
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took the Money into the Parlour, but
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Mr. Richards wane into the Shop immediately
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so that Dept. does not know whether he
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gave the Money to Mr. Richards, Says, that
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the Deced had one of the Pistols in his
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Hand and asked for Powder and Ball
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Says that he saw some Powder upon
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the Bench in the Shop but does not know
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who brought it there nor did he see the
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Deced put any of it into the Pistol
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Says that he had some old Balls and
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that Deced took one of them out of
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Depts. hand and put it into the Pistol said it
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and Deced there went into the Parlour
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and Mr. Richards followed, Says that
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they both very soon come out of the
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Parlour and Mr. Richards was going to
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take the Deced down Stairs to try the
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Pistol in the usual place as Dept. thought
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and Mr. Richards having the Door in
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his Hand leading out of the Shop into
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when the Pistol went off, but
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Dept. cannot say whether it went off
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Accidentally or Designed by, Says that
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the Deced imediately fall down in the Shop
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bled very much and died imediately
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Says that a Surgeon was fetched who
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said that the Deced was dead Says
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that the Deced when he came into
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Mr. Richards's Shop appeared to be
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Cool and Sensible.
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