it appeared that at times he was in a deranged
State of Mind: That about ten o'Clock the
same Evening this Deponent was sent for
to came to the deceased, and was informed that
the deceased was bleeding, but they did not then
know but that it issued from his Nore as his
Nose had for several day prior to his death
bled at different times from the Exertion
of a Cough attendant on the Fever but
when this Deponent came to examine
from whence the Blood issued in turning
his head up aske lay in the Bed he
observed a considerable Stream of Blood issuing
from a Wound on the right Side of his Neck
which he this Deponent immediately suppressed with his
Finger at which time the deceased was quite
insensible and from the Debility that the
Constitution had suffered from the Fever
he was unable to sustain such a lots of Blood
and expired in about twenty Minutes after
this Deponent had discovered the Wound.
That upon examining the Bed a Pinknife
was found therein with which this Deponent is
of Opinion that the deceased gave himself the
Wound in his Neck whereby he cut the Carotid
Artery, and this Deponent her no doubt but
that the deceased was in a Fit of Diliriuen
when