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very much in Liquor on Monday between ten and
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eleven O' Clock, and fastened the Room Door after him
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and coming to the Bedside said to Dept. how came you
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not to beat Maccabe last Night, unless you get up to
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Fight Maccabe I will be the Death of you, Deponent says
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that he got up immediately and went with the Deced
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to Mr. Brown's in Russell Street, and found said
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there, Says that about twelve O' Clock Deponent
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and Maccabe went from thence into the Long Fields
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behind
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Parish of St. George
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Bloomsbury
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as Deponent believed to Fight, and were followed by
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a great Number of People, Says That they both Stript
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and Fought in said Long Fields a considerable time,
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Deponent says that he was upon the Ground, and after
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being get up, he heard the Deced say to
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that was not fair, to strike the Man when he was down,
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Upon which said Maccabe struck the Deced upon his
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Head, but the Deced did not then return the Blow, Says
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that said Maccabe and Deponent continued to fight some
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time longer, until De
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nent gave out, saying that he
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would fight no more, Says that soon after Words happened
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between said
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and the Deced, when
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Maccabe said, Dam you, I will lich you and him
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(meaning the Deponent, as Deponent believes) and
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said Maccabe again Struck the Deced, upon which
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Deced returned the Blow, and they there upon fought,
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Deced having taken oF his Coat and Caltha Mary
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, Deponent
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says that he was taken away to be washed, leaving Maccabe
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and Deced fighting, Says that in five or six Minutes
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Deponent returned there, and found the Deced lying on
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his Back on the Ground, Speechless, says That
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Edward
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a Chairman took hold of the Deced's head, and
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pulled it with all his Strength, and the Deced soon after
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was able to Speak, and cried out, O my Neck, My Neck,
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Draw out my Legs, Says that a Person (whom he was
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in found was a Surgeon) bled the Deced, and Deced was
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afterwards carried by four Men along the Fields towards
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home, but Deponent being very Cold did not stay, and
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went home before them, Says that he called upon the
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