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Informations of Witnesses Taken and Acknowledged<lb></lb>
the 16th. day of July in the Year of Our Lord 1774<lb></lb>
at the House of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45021_n1-1">Thomas Miller</rs>
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known by the Sign<lb></lb>
of the City of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45021_geo2">Bristol</rs>
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in the Precinct of Saint Catherine<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45021_geo3">County of Middlesex</rs>
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before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45021_n1-2">Thomas Phillips</rs>
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One of the Coroners for the said County on view of the<lb></lb>
Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45021_n1-3">Thomas Brown</rs>
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then and there lying Dead<lb></lb>
as follow (to wit)</p>
<p n="2"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45021_n2-1">Thomas Miller</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45021_geo4">Saint Catherine</rs>
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Saith That<lb></lb>
Yesterday Morning between Seven and Eight he was going out<lb></lb>
of his House Mr. Jones the Wharfinger Called to him and told<lb></lb>
him to Come back and make some Milk Punch<lb></lb>
That there were with Jones Two Wardours of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45021_geo5">the Tower</rs>
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a Serjeant and Brown the DeceasedThat they<lb></lb>
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imediately went up Stairs to the Shuffle Board Room<lb></lb>
That the Serjeant Said he would Play and body for<lb></lb>
Twelve Pennyworth of PunchThat then some one of<lb></lb>
them said they were going to have Battle (Who said so<lb></lb>
Informant does not know) That Informant<lb></lb>
Answerd they had better Fight over the Table<lb></lb>
That they Answer'd No They would have another Room<lb></lb>
That they went into another Room And the Serjeant and<lb></lb>
the Deceased (who is a Black Man) had a Spar together<lb></lb>
Then the<del>Serjeant</del>
Black Ask'd. the Serjeants Parden </p>
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