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taken before me this 13th. day of
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October 1769
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Who being upon Oath that he is a Peace officer, that he went
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on Saturday Evening the 30th. of September with several other Peace
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officers to execute a Warrant at the Dolphin in Cook Lane
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, that upon they came into the house the Landlord said
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up Stairs that he immediately went up Stairs, that he met several
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persons on the Stairs who said they had been to say their Money
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and
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desired they would not hurt them,says that when they
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came to the Door of the Room in which the persons were against
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whom the Warrant was granted the same was opened by Mr.
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John
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, that it was immediately shut to again and a Curtain drawn
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over the upper part of the Door which was Glass, that a Ball
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was immediately fired through the upper part of the Door from the
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said Room into
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where this Informant and others
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were, that Mr.Wright the Magistrate was called and that several
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other Pistols or Guns were fired from the said room before Mr.
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Wright could come up Stairs, that the said Mr. Wright asked
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them to surrender and that several Voices in the said Room said
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they would not, says that soon ofterwards the Lenthern which
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hung upon the Stairs was broke by a Shot fired from the said
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Sworn before me
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October 13th. 1769.}
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