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Deponent and a Rope being fastened to a
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certain Ship there called the orford and also
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to a certain Ship called the Friendship
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the persons on board such Ship the orford
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who was as this Deponent had been informed
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Struck the said John Isbester
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with the Skull or Oar he was then Rowing
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with an a thereupon the said John Isbester
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Struck the Deceased with the Clade of a Skul
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or oar which he then and there held in both
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his hands and immediately afterwards turned
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