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<p n="1231">to put a Stick into ithe took it and gave it to One Burk<lb></lb>
who Gave it to the Witness to & Mend, That between the time of giving<lb></lb>
the shoe to Burk and the giving it to the Witness to Mend the<lb></lb>
Decased Received the Death Woundbut did not see it given<lb></lb>
That she afterwards Attempted her own throat with the same<lb></lb>
Knife and before the Witness could take the Knife out of her<lb></lb>
own Hand Attempted to Stab him, Which he prevented, though<lb></lb>
in so doing was Cut in the palm of the hand himself, That when he<lb></lb>
took the Knife out of Whalins hand it was Bloody about an Inch to<lb></lb>
the point</p>
<p n="1232"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1232-1">David Prosser</rs>
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<p n="1233"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1233-1">William Burke</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45018_n1233-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo542">Carey Street</rs>
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in the parish of Saint<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1233-2">Clement Danes</rs>
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in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo543">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ142">Cordwainer</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Saith That he hath known the deceased about 8 years. And<lb></lb>
oftened Visited each otherThat last Saturday Morning<lb></lb>
<del>about half one hour after<obscured></obscured>
</del>
he was present when <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1233-3">Judith<lb></lb>
Whalin</rs>
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gave Murphy Money for a pint of Beer, which he the<lb></lb>
deceased went to fetch, and brought, and drank to Prossers Wife<lb></lb>
who then lay Sick in bed, That prosser got up to Search after<lb></lb>
some of his Working Tools and then Whalin sat down in<lb></lb>
prossers Chair and took up the Knife now produced in<lb></lb>
Order to Clean her ShoeThat while she was Cleaning<lb></lb>
her Shoe she said she Wondered the deceased stayed so long<lb></lb>
with the Beer, and Seem'd uneasy and Walked backward land<lb></lb>
forwards in the room and seemed to Conceal the Knife under<lb></lb>
her Arm and Covered with her Cloak, And that after she Came<lb></lb>
back from the Door she said she had one Six pence leftThat<lb></lb>
the Sick Woman in Bed might have the pint of Beer<lb></lb>
and that they would go to the Beer house and spend it<lb></lb>
and that it might Save her from Tyburn all which<lb></lb>
happened before Murphy Returned with the pint of Beer<lb></lb>
That Prosser Answered he would go to no Beer house but that<lb></lb>
if she had a Mind to have a pot they would have it there<lb></lb>
and then she gave directions to have the pint made<lb></lb>
a pot, That Prosser went down with a View to have the<lb></lb>
pint made a pott, and met Murphy with the pint Returning<lb></lb>
to Prossers Room, Confirms Prossers Evidence as to the deceased<lb></lb>
and respecting the Shoe, the Attempt upon herself, But says<lb></lb>
that he heard her say after she had Stabb'd the deceased<lb></lb>
now you Willain I am satisfied, after the Deceased had declared<lb></lb>
she had stabbed him to the heart, That prosser then said<lb></lb>
he would hang her, that she there upon said she would<lb></lb>
prevent it and then, Attempted her own Throat but was<lb></lb>
prevented by prossers taking the Knife from her</p>
<p n="1234"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1234-1">Willm Bourk</rs>
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