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8th. day of January 1757
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Who being upon Oath says that on the 6th. day of this Incident January he
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went on board the Hunter Tender lying off
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on board the said Tender, who deined this
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was Pressed, therefore could not do she affair
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himself, But that this Informant would do as well, Upon
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Upon which she said suppries askd this Informant if he might
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be depended upon, To Which he answered Ye's, And this
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Informant says that at the time When he saw Jeffries, a Person
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answered an said, he is an honest Fellow, and may be depended
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upon, Says that after drinking all Bottle of Wine in Company
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with
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, and two others,
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they all went up Stairs together, when Jeffries ask'd this Informant
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if it was Possible to get thro' that Window, pointing at a Window
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in the Tapp Room, saying that was the Window that
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made his Escape, To Which this Informant told him,
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he thought it was impossible, by that he had nothing to do but to
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plead Guilty & put himself upon the Henry of this Court, And
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this Informant says that notwithstanding which she said Jeffries
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call's this Informant aside by the doesnt of Jeffries
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to make this Informant a Christian, And took him up Stairs an
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the Masters side and or Presence to one a Jackett, And when they
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came there the said Hardy show'd him a Box in which was
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a Beace of Pistols, with some other things wraped in a Cloath
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