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came out of tKe Cellar there was no Knife in her
Hand. He added, that about 9 or lo o'Clock that
Morning, a young Man came (who he hear'd had been
a Sweetheart of the Deceafed) and drank a Pint of
Drink, and fmoak'd a Pipe ; that tho Deceafed fit by
Mm a while, and believ'd the Man kifled her, for they
iat direftly over againft the Bar ; that he faw an Alte-
ration in the Prifoner's Countenance, and that he look'd
ruffled ; but he knew nothing of any Courtlhip between
them. He faid alfo, that as the Pnfoner went into tlie
Box where the Deceafed was, he threw the Door with
an uncommon Violence.
Mr. Smmders, who dined that Day at Mr. Pain's
Houfe, confirm'd the former Evidence, adding, thst
Mr. Pain calling the Prifoner Villain, i3c. he laid, hr
w:as innocent as the Child at his Mifireffes Breaft, and
that he pretended the Deceafed took a Knife in Jier
Hand when ftie went to the Cellar ; upon which Mr.
Pain and he went down into the Cellar, but found not a
Drop of Blood all the Way : He added that the Prifo-
ner was gone out of the Houfe when the J)eceafed went
down to draw the Drink, and that they faw no Knife
in her Hand.
Mr. Cox the Surgeon depofed. That he found tha
Deceafed on her Back, and a vaft Effufion of Blood, that
he found a. Knife among other Knives upon the Table
with a little Blood upon it; that the Knife anfwer'd
exaftly to the Cut which went thro' her Apron, a Quil-
ted Coat, a Stuff Petticoat, and a coarfe ftrong Shift,
and alfo to the Wound in her Thigli; that the Wound
went obliquely upwards, and (as he thought) could
fcarce be given by the Deceafed, and he was of that O-
pirjon, that the Knife lying four Foot diilant from the
Place where tlie Deceafed had been fitting, ftie could not
lay it there ; a Wound in the femoral Artery being fo
mortal, that one cannot live above a Minute and a;
half at moft after it is receiv'd. He obferv'd alfo, that
under her Chin, and under her left Ear, and about her
. Elbows there feem'd to have been fomfe Violence ufcd
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