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to the Deced's Room with Dept. That Mr. Falkner
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& Dept. lifted up the Deced and that Mr. Clinton cut
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the Cord by which he was Hanging, but he was dead,
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and Dept. verily believes that he Hanged himself
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Says that the Deced for about three weeks last past
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has been very Melancholy and low Spirited and
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behaved in a very different manner from what
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he used to do, Says that the Deced last Sunday
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from Eleven o'Clock in the Morning until Eight in
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the Evening Slept in his Bed, when Dept. with
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some difficulty awoked him, That he afterwards
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continued to Dore and did not speak until next
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Morning, That he afterwards told Dept. that he
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had taken some Opinion and drank some Brandy
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in order to give him rest, not being able to sleep
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at Nights, Says that the Deced and to complain of his Head
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and particularly since that time, Says that the
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Deced appeared to be very uneasy, and Dept.
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believes that he was at times Disordered in his
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Mind.
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George F
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James Dewer
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of
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Surgeon
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on his
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Oath saith, That on Wednesday last was Sev Night
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he was desired by Mr. Farguharson to go to the Deced
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which he did, and found that the Deced had a Purging of Blood
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and desired to be bled which Dept. did not think proper
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to do, That the Deced called upon him the next
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Morning, and after some Conversation shew'd Dept. his
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left Arm with a Wound in it about three Inches
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in length which Deced said he had given himself
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with an old Razor, Says that he Dressed the Wound
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and did not see the Deced afterwards until Saturday
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when the Wound appeared to be healing, but the
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Deced was much confined and would searce give
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Dept. any Answer, and behaved very different
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from what he used to do.
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Severally Sworn the Day Year
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before me
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James Dewar
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