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Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« on: Wednesday 10 August 22 20:58 BST (UK) »
Almost there with the deciphering of witness statements! This one is from the accused, the man who pushed down my 2x great-grandfather, causing him to bang his head and fracture his skull  :o :o

Here is what I have so far:

'William Brown, sworn saith I am an agricultural labourer out of work(?), and live in (?)gate ???
I was near the G N Ry (Great Northern Railway) XXX about 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon
Nothing to do
I had not seen Stanford before that day
He came out of the Hotel
I was on the opposite side of the road, sitting on a ??? against the path(?)
He came across then to me and began to pull his jacket off
I told him to go away as I thought he had had some drink
He then went back to the Hotel and came out again in about 10 minutes, and I was then ??? the pavement
He put his hand up and said he was going to ??? you one
I put my hand out/up to stop the blow and punched him
Backwards he fell, and I heard him hit the ground
There had not been any words between us ???
We were friends
There was no old grievances between us
There had not been any larking(?) about at the time
William Brown

Verdict
The deceased man died from fracture of the skull from a fall on to the pavement, having been pushed down by William Brown by misadventure on the 27th May
The jury ??? ??? of John William Stanford, William Turner, Robert Mease, Henry Lathom, James Browning, James Hall, William Brown were ??? ??? ??? to before me at the time and ??? ???'
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford

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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 22:03 BST (UK) »
It's hard to read when not all in view, I have to keep scrolling left and right, can you post it in smaller sections that show the  ??? bits?
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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 22:46 BST (UK) »
Apologies, hopefully this will work.

This is the very bottom part; maybe a summing up by the coroner?

The jury ??? ??? of John William Stanford, William Turner, Robert Mease, Henry Lathom, James Browning, James Hall, William Brown were ??? ??? ??? to before me at the time and ??? ???'
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford

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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 22:49 BST (UK) »
' ??? the pavement
He put his hand up and said he was going to ??? you one'
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford


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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 22:56 BST (UK) »
 ??? the pavement
He put his hand up and said
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford

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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 22:59 BST (UK) »
I was on the opposite side of the road, sitting on a ??? against the path(?)
He came across then to me and began
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford

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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 23:02 BST (UK) »
This is the very bottom part; maybe a summing up by the coroner?

The jury ??? ??? of John William Stanford, William Turner, Robert Mease, Henry Lathom, James Browning, James Hall, William Brown were ??? ??? ??? to before me at the time and ??? ???'

The foregoing depositions of John Wm Stanford [etc.] … William Brown were severally taken &
deposed to before me at the time & place aforesaid


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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 23:48 BST (UK) »
Ah, thank you Bookbox!
Turner, Niemc, MacKinnon, Stanford

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Re: Hard-to-read inquest/witness statements - 5
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 11 August 22 03:00 BST (UK) »
Reply 4  Near the pavement

Reply 5
Sitting on a stone ?
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