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Harvey Powell
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on his
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Oath saith That this Morning between seven & Eight
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his Master House in
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, he saw the Deced, (who
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was likewise Servant to Messrs. Ringsted & Poole) opening
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the Shop, Says that he went to work in the Left and
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about seven o'Clock was called down by one of his
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Shop mates, who said that Collip had hanged himself
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upon which he went down and in part of the
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Yard he saw the Deced hanging with a small Cord
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around his Neck and fastened to a wooden Brace
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says that he with a Chisel cut the cord and that the
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Deced dropped down, says that the Deced was not
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quite Cold, but Dept. saw no Signs of Life in him, and
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that Mr. Powell an
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was fetched, who said
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that the Deced was dead, and Dept. believes that he
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hanged himself, Says that the Deced has been
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Melancholy
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