Examination of James Harper

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The examination of James Harper taken the day abouesaid &c. who saith all the former relation & addeth that as the aforesaid Hamilton was goeinge towards the foresaid Saxtons house they mett betwixt two <B> & three hundred of the Irish, well armed with pikes & swords, & at meetinge the Irish cryed for god & the Kings peace, the which beinge graunted the two parties drew nere frendly together till the Irish had incompassed the brittish, & then the Irish fell on & shew about nynteene or twenty of the Brittish, & beinge asked if he knew any of the said Irish, he sayth he knew one Rich McSulkey that was Mr Duns Cooke & one John Whyte a seruant to Mr Dun, & one Walter Bethell as the examinante supposeth was Mr Duns Groome, & one Turlagh o Beaglan & the plowman to Mr Dun & one Murtogh [o Suiliuan]

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& one Cormacke o ffery & being asked if he knew any now liueing that escaped at that time, he sayeth that he knowes not but who hath beene afore named & examined saueinge one John Rosse that he thinks liues about Malone

Deposed before vs

Tobias Houvier
Rich Bickerstaffe

fol. 86r

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fol. 86v

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The examination of John Dermople & Jam: Harper about the murder at Mich: Duns

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