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Informations of Witnesses severally Taken and
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Acknowledged on the behalf of his Majesty the 7th. day of
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June in the Year of Our Lord 1767 At the House of
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known by the Sign of the Grave Morris
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One of the Coroners for the said County
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touching the death of
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then and there lying dead
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as follow (to wit)
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Called
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the Freelove Saith That this day fortnight Informant was
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Board said Ship at
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That between three
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Other Ships lying therein Order to go on Shore
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to a Number of
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who were then at the Stairs
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Armed with Cullasses Swords &That they went to the
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Coalheavers (as Informant Supposes) to know what the
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Coalheavers wanted with them That Batty Seeing the said
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Sailors go on Shore he would go to and went on Shore
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for
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the Space of Ten Minutes or upwards and they did not
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Offer to Strike or middle with himThat while Batty
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was on Shore a Dispute Arose amongst the Sailors who
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had gone from the Other Ships and the Coalheavers
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That Informant did not See Batty go And cannot tell whether
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or not he had any thing in his HandsThat he withdrew
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from the
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Crowd after they began Quarrelling and
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got upon Some Timber lying near the StairsThat
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