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<p n="1669">where Pistols are usually Tried, the<lb></lb>
Deced having the Pistol in his Right<lb></lb>
Hand for that he was using to lead<obscured></obscured>
Deced down Stayed and having his Hand on the Kir<obscured></obscured>
of the<obscured></obscured>
Door going into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo2074">the Passage</rs>
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that the Pistol instanty<lb></lb>
went off and Deced fell down being<lb></lb>
shot in the Month, are the Ball<lb></lb>
passed through his Head, and Deced<lb></lb>
died immediately, Says that the<lb></lb>
Deced before the Pistol went off, looked<lb></lb>
into the Barrell in order to see whether<lb></lb>
it was Charged or not as Dept. thought<lb></lb>
that the Pistol went off, and Dept. their<lb></lb>
thought and now thinks that the Pistol<lb></lb>
was discharged by Accident, And<lb></lb>
this Dept. says that when the Deced was<lb></lb>
going to Fire the Pistol in the Parlour<lb></lb>
Dept. desired the Deced not to Fire<lb></lb>
it there, that he would break the Wind<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
and frighten the Children, and that the<lb></lb>
Pistol had a Ball in it, to which Deced<lb></lb>
Answered that there was no Ball in<lb></lb>
it, and that he was going only to<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo2075">Flash the Pan</rs>
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and Dept. is of Opinion<lb></lb>
that the Deced thought there was no Ball<lb></lb>
in the Pistol at the time it went off.<lb></lb>
And Dept. says that the Deced appeared<lb></lb>
to be Cool and Sensible</p>
<p n="1670"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n1670-1">John Richards</rs>
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<p n="1671"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n1671-1">John Dust</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65225_occ1155">Apprentice</rs>
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to Mr. Richards of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo2076">the Strand</rs>
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Gunsmith on his Oath saith That<lb></lb>
the Deced came into Mr. Richards's Shop this<lb></lb>
Morning a little after Ten o'Clock and<lb></lb>
asked for a Pair of Pistols and on the Dept.<lb></lb>
asking him of what sort Deced Answered<lb></lb>
Duelling Pistols, Says that he shewed Deced<lb></lb>
a Pair, and on Deced asking the Price, Dept.<lb></lb>
said</p>
<p n="1672">said seven Guineas, That the Deced<lb></lb>
put down Seven Guineas and said they<lb></lb>
were very Dear, Says that John Sicker<lb></lb>
took the Money into the Parlour, but<lb></lb>
Mr. Richards wane into the Shop immediately<lb></lb>
so that Dept. does not know whether he<lb></lb>
gave the Money to Mr. Richards, Says, that<lb></lb>
the Deced had one of the Pistols in his<lb></lb>
Hand and asked for Powder and Ball<lb></lb>
Says that he saw some Powder upon<lb></lb>
the Bench in the Shop but does not know<lb></lb>
who brought it there nor did he see the<lb></lb>
Deced put any of it into the Pistol<lb></lb>
Says that he had some old Balls and<lb></lb>
that Deced took one of them out of<lb></lb>
Depts. hand and put it into the Pistol said it<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
and Deced there went into the Parlour<lb></lb>
and Mr. Richards followed, Says that<lb></lb>
they both very soon come out of the<lb></lb>
Parlour and Mr. Richards was going to<lb></lb>
take the Deced down Stairs to try the<lb></lb>
Pistol in the usual place as Dept. thought<lb></lb>
and Mr. Richards having the Door in<lb></lb>
his Hand leading out of the Shop into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo2077">the<lb></lb>
Passage</rs>
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when the Pistol went off, but<lb></lb>
Dept. cannot say whether it went off<lb></lb>
Accidentally or Designed by, Says that<lb></lb>
the Deced imediately fall down in the Shop<lb></lb>
bled very much and died imediately<lb></lb>
Says that a Surgeon was fetched who<lb></lb>
said that the Deced was dead Says<lb></lb>
that the Deced when he came into<lb></lb>
Mr. Richards's Shop appeared to be<lb></lb>
Cool and Sensible.</p>
<p n="1673"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n1673-1">John Dust</rs>
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