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LondonDeposition of a Witness taken at London
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24th day of January 1794
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maketh Oath that the hath
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above twenty year-that
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between six and seven in the Evening of Tuesday last Dept. going
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he saw the
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deced sitting in the Tap Room of that House that soon after the
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deced went to the Bar and had a Glass of Gin at the request of a
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Mr. Donnovan who wished to treat him the deced-that Donnavan
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sayed the deced has last him one shilling and nine pence one
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time before to make him Drunk but could not but that then
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he the deced should have as much as he could drink and he
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Donnovan would pay for it-that Donnovan then ordered half
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a pint of Gin to be taken to the deced who was sitting down-that half
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who drank it at his Leisure-that two then half pint were in
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placed before the deced who drank them also at his Leisure
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and eat Bread at the same time
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that the deced was not
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above twenty Minutes drinking the three half Pints of Gin
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Dept. then exportulated with Donnovan for letting the deced
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have so much upon which Donnovan sayed Dann him I dont
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force it upon but he will drink it and if he will I will pay
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for as much as he will drink the deced then called for another
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half Pint but Mr. Price the Landlord who was then in the
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Bar sayed Damn him (meang the deced) shall have no more
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the deced did not appear much intoxicated with the Liquor
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he had drank Dept. has often see him much worse as the
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deced was very much addicted to drinking-that about ½
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past seven Dept. found the deced was gone and afterwards
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he understood from
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Isaac Newcom
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the deced had gone home
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Sworn this 24th day of January
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1794 before me}
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Daniel Vizard
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