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<p n="83">The Informacon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n83-1">William Gilliam</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Taken the 14th. Day of Septr. 1751 at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo88">the White Rear</rs>
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the Corner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo89">old Street<lb></lb>
Square</rs>
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on View of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n83-2">Solaman<lb></lb>
Burton</rs>
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<p n="84">This Informt. saith That on Saturday the ninth Inft.<lb></lb>
the deced came to Infortmt. House at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo90">the Coach &<lb></lb>
Horses</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo91">St. Lukes</rs>
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parish in the County afd. abt.<lb></lb>
7 or 8 o' Clock in the Evening & called for a <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
of Beer & sat by himself & after he had drank<lb></lb>
it went out of doors & presently returned again<lb></lb>
& called for another & sat by himself <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
hea three<lb></lb>
Person came in to Informt. House whose name<lb></lb>
were (as Informt. is told) <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n84-1">Eliza Dunbar</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n84-2">John Ducker</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n84-3">Joseph Mursey</rs>
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alias <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n84-10">Johnston </rs>
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, who had a Tankard<lb></lb>
of Deer in the Beg adjoyning to desire the deced<lb></lb>
sat-& the 2 Dunbars<obscured></obscured>
the sd Mursey als Johnson call'd for three or four more & paid for<lb></lb>
them-Then the two Dunbars & Mursey called for<lb></lb>
two Shillings worth of punch & had the same<lb></lb>
saith that between 11 or 12 o Clock same night<lb></lb>
found deced the two Dunbars & Mursey drinking<lb></lb>
together in the same box that Mursey & his Company<lb></lb>
sat in-Says he heard as he went backwards &<lb></lb>
forwards high words between Mursey & deced<lb></lb>
& as Informts. was in his Yard he heard the deced say<lb></lb>
he was Stab'd says he found the deced Stript<lb></lb>
as in the Custom for persons that generally box<lb></lb>
upon which<del>deced</del>
Informant imediatly ran to secure Mursey<lb></lb>
because he saw him with a drawn Kinfe in his<lb></lb>
right hand but<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Mursey get away from Informant<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
& beleives that Mursey was the Cause of the death<lb></lb>
of deced by stabing him with the sd Knife</p>
<p n="85"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n85-1">Wm Gillam</rs>
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