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