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the Witness understood this by figur & Pointing from the decd.
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That she sat up with the deced on the Fryday Night
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following the accident - That the deced then could
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speak & shew'd the Witness the Fireplace where
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her husband flung her down & that he put one
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Knee upon her Belly & the other upon her Stomach
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& likewise pinch'd her by her Nose & Throat & that
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from this Violence the deced said she belive'd she
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open'd her Mouth but cannot remember wher.
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she put out her Tongue or no - That her husband
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first cut on the one side - then on the other &
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last in the middle & run the Knife downwards, &
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cut her upwards - That the Witness from time
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to time hath constantly attended her since &
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the deced was always in the same story & said
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it would be her death & in general confirms
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but not all
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the which for her legs swelled & she went away - That last Sunday afternoon after Service
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she was desired by the Parish Officers to Go again
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& she went - That the overser was then prsent when
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she went & the deced was sensible & could speak
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That she sat up all Night with her & the deced said
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she was very sad & that she thought her Husband
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Mainsaye would be her death - That she should be Starv'd
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