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Depositions touching the Death of
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Supposd to have been poisond, Taken before
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Maketh Oath & Saith that on Monday
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the 23d. day of March 1752.
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John Davison
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complain in the afternoon of a
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Violent pain in his Head, But was very well in the Morning, But had a
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purging 3 or 4 Days before which had quite left him and which happens
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very frequently to prisons in the sd. prison Occasioned by the Closeness of
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the Place & for want of Air & Exercise, says the same Evening one
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Joseph
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being then in the Room he called
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this Depont. a side to
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Enjoyn a Secret with Him; But this Deponts. Sd. if it was not very Material
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he would & then he told this Depont. that we have given Davison same
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Jallop in his Milk, And that it had been given him that Day; Sags
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that he heard the Deced Davison say that he wished he had never went
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into the Room or Eat any of the Milk; Say the next day being Tuesday
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he asked the sd. Davison to dine with him, But he complaind that he was
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very Ill & could not Eat anything, And at the same time said that
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some of them would repeat of what they had done; Says at Right again
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he Complaind of Violent Rankings; And on the Wednesday Morning he
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get up very Ill went to the Vault & afterwards complaind of Violent
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paris in his Bowells, Says that he often Complain & said that they
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have been the Death of me, And desired that in Case he should Die he
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might be opened, And when ever the sd. Johnson came into the Room, he
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used to say, what does that Man do here and seemd to be in Agenies
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This Depont. further Says that he firenly believes what was given
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him by the sd. Johnson & others was the Death of the said
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John Davison
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to being in perfect Heath before
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