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