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Informations of Witnesses Taken and Acknowledged
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the 16th. day of July in the Year of Our Lord 1774
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then and there lying Dead
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Saith That
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Yesterday Morning between Seven and Eight he was going out
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of his House Mr. Jones the Wharfinger Called to him and told
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a Serjeant and Brown the DeceasedThat they
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imediately went up Stairs to the Shuffle Board Room
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That the Serjeant Said he would Play and body for
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Twelve Pennyworth of PunchThat then some one of
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them said they were going to have Battle (Who said so
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Informant does not know) That Informant
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Answerd they had better Fight over the Table
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That they Answer'd No They would have another Room
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