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<p n="1"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
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St. Gibes's in the Feilds the First day of August 1768 at the<lb></lb>
Running Horse near the old pound touching the<lb></lb>
Death of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50586_n1-1">Richard Berry</rs>
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then & there lying Dead</p>
<p n="2"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50586_n2-1">Francis Preston</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50586_occ1">Carver</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50586_geo1">New Street St. Brides</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on Friday Morning bust he saw two Persons Stript and<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
fighting behind Mountague House sagth he<lb></lb>
Knew neither of then belevies they fought about a<lb></lb>
Quarter of an Hour that the deceast at the first<lb></lb>
Settening of<obscured></obscured>
emed to have the advantage tho' at last<lb></lb>
the deceast gave out and sett upon the Grass That the<lb></lb>
Person now in Custody was going out of the King and the<lb></lb>
Person who appear'd to be second called him back &<lb></lb>
Said he Should have the other pounds with Him that<lb></lb>
then the two sett too again & the deceast throu'd the<lb></lb>
Prisoner upon His Back They were lifted up again &<lb></lb>
they sett too a second Time That the Prisoner then Ritt the<lb></lb>
Deceast over the left Eye. upon which the deceast<lb></lb>
dropt & gave out which is all he known's</p>
<p n="3">From Poytor</p>
<p n="4"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50586_n4-1">Thomas Lucas</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50586_occ2">Carpenter</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50586_geo2">Tottenham Court<lb></lb>
Read St. Pancrass</rs>
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That last Friday between ten & Eleven<lb></lb>
O' Clock in the Morning he saw two Battles behind<lb></lb>
Mountague House That the first Battle was the<lb></lb>
Occasion of the second which was between the Prisoner<lb></lb>
in Coustody and the deceast That there was a Ring &<lb></lb>
the deceast in order to keep the Ring clear<obscured></obscured>
went round<lb></lb>
with a Stick & accidentally hitt the Prisoner upon<lb></lb>
which words arose & the deceast said the Prisoner<lb></lb>
he would fight Him The Prisoner Accepted the<lb></lb>
Challenged and they Stript and sett too That they<lb></lb>
fought<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he thinks about a Quarter of an<lb></lb>
& our and the deceast gave out & said he wound fight<lb></lb>
no more That some Person who appear'd to be a<lb></lb>
principal said to the deceast you shall fight him<lb></lb>
again Then they sett too a second Time for about<lb></lb>
two minutes & the Prisoner then gave the deceast An<lb></lb>
unlucky Blow upon the left Temple & he fell &<lb></lb>
believes he never Spoke afterwards but soon died<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50586_n4-2">Thomas Lucas</rs>
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