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Noon to Mr. Hayes'i Lodgings, and when he catne
Home was merry, as Mr. Hayes told him, and Mr.
Hayes told hirii he could drink a great deal of Liquor
and not be fuddled, and faid, I and another drank
half a Guinea a-piece in Wine njoithout being fuddled :
That Tho. Billings then in Company faid, that if Mr.
Hayes would then drink half a Guineas worth of Wine
and not be fuddled, he would pay for it ; that Hayes
agreed, they each put down half a Guinea, and that
Catherine Hayes, Tho. Billings, and this Examinant,
went out about four o'Clock in the Afternoon, on
the Day aforefaid, to Bond-Jireet, and brought in with
them to Mr. Hayes'';, Lodgings about fix or feven Bot-
tles of Mountain Wine, and upon their Return found
Mr. Hayes fitting by the Fire-fide in the fore Room,
' eating Bread and Cheefe : That then this Examinant
' went to the Angel and Croivn to fetch a Pot of Two-
' penny, to drink while Mr. Hayes drank tne Wine;
' that he ftaid about half an Hour, and when lie re-
' turn'd about half the Wine was drank, and Mr.
' Hayes began to be very merry, and danced about the
' Room, and faid he thought he ftiould not have Wine
' enough to make him fuddled ; on which fho. Billings
'• went out by himfelf and fetch'd anotlier Bottle of
' Wine, and when he had drank that, he began to reel
about the R.oom, and went and laid down on the Bi'd
' in the back Room : That Tho. Billings follow'd him
• into the faid Room, and there with a Hatchet ftruck
' him on the back Part of his Head, which Blow, he,
• this Examinant heard given, and went into the Room,-
• and found Mr. Hayes dead; and that Mrs. Hayes iin-
' mediately follow'd this Examinant and faid. We inuft
' take off his Head and make it a-vcay, or it ivill hetrav
' us ; and that then Catherine Hayes, Tho. Billings, find
' this Examinant, with the Examinant's Pocket Knife
' cut off Mr. Hayes\ Head, about eight o'Clock at
' Night, on the Day aforefaid, and then put it into a
' Pail without a Bail ; and Tho. Billings, and this Exa-
' minant, carry'd the Pail with the Head in it to the
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