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<p n="142"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Midsx</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n142-1">William Pierson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo133">St.<lb></lb>
Mary Libon</rs>
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taken before me One of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50422_occ69">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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For the Sd. County</p>
<p n="143">Who Being Upon Oath Says that he was at the House of <obscured></obscured>
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Gee, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo134">Parish of St. Giles in the Fields</rs>
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Upon Saturday<lb></lb>
Evening Last about Eight o Clock When this Informant saw<lb></lb>
One <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n143-1">James Gallaher</rs>
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Come into the sd. House with Oysters and<lb></lb>
Offered them to Sale When the sd. Gallaher Chargd, this Inform<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
with Owing him One peney for Oyster which this Informant<lb></lb>
Denying, the Sd, Gallaher Refusd, to Open this Informant any Oyster,<lb></lb>
Upon which this Informant told him to go About her Business and<lb></lb>
Said to Ought to have a Lick Upon his Head for Charging him this<lb></lb>
Informant with Owing Money for Oysters when the Sd. Gallaher<lb></lb>
Took up A Knive form his Side and Said Now would Like to have<lb></lb>
This Knive in yr. Gutts Or Bolley Upon which One Eneas Tarney <lb></lb>
Said to the sd. Gallaher you Scoundroll How Dare you Draw a knive<lb></lb>
Upon a Naked Man<del>Upon which to <obscured></obscured>
</del>
and Endeavoured to Strike the<lb></lb>
Knive Down upon which Blows Insued and the sd. Gallaher was<lb></lb>
Thrown Down and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n143-4">Eneas Tarney</rs>
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was Upermost when in about three Minuets<lb></lb>
the Sd. Eneas Tarney was Dead and Upon Examination of the Body<lb></lb>
of the Deceased there Appears a wound under the Pape of the right<lb></lb>
Breast which wound this Informant Verily Believes to Be given the<lb></lb>
Deceased By the Sd. Gallaher and this Informant Say that Mr. Gee<lb></lb>
Master of the Sd, <obscured></obscured>
Calld, to this Informant and Others to Stop<lb></lb>
the sd, Gallaher for that he had Killed the sd, Terney Upon which<lb></lb>
this Informant Did Seize the sd. Gallaher who said Damn Your<lb></lb>
Blood You Dog Ill, Stab you to</p>
<p n="144"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n144-1">Wm Pearson</rs>
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<p n="145">Sworn Before<lb></lb>
Me this 22d. of Octr 1753</p>
<p n="146"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n146-1">Barll Smith</rs>
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