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the death of
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in Orange Court in the Parish of St. Martin in the
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on him Oath in the That wa
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Williams the Deced
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hired in Stall of Deced
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and Kept (he being
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Deced was at Dept. House in Saturday E
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last the
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twenty Instant, and Drinking
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there with different People, but did not
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appear to be in Liquor at Eleven oClock
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appear to be in Liquor leaving the Deced
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when Dept. went to Bed leaving the Deced
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in the Taproom, but Dept. was informed by
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he Wife that the Deced went away
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Twelve
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more of the Deced until next Morning
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, who worked in an Adjoining Shall
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Deced's, that he had called and Knocked at
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saw the Deced's Hands through a Crease, and
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that they were Black, Says that he went with
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Mr. Singleton, who pulled open the Door of the
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Stall and saw the Deced Honging in the Stall
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by a Cord which was fastened to an Iron St
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fixed in one of the Rasters and with a
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running Noose about the Deced's Neck, Says
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dead many Hoars, and Dept. believes that the
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the Deced almost every Day who appeared to
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I Cuttell
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