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William Spendlove
Manslaughter at Alderwasley 1849
An inquest was held on Monday last at the Bear, Alderwasley, on the body of Jedidiah Winson, who had died on the 14th instant under the circumstances which appear in the following evidence of the first witness:
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Miles Peat of Alderwasley, stated as follows….I have known deceased, Jedidiah Winson all my life, he was a labourer living in Alderwasley, on Saturday, the 8th day of September instant, about 7 o, clock in the evening, I fell in with the deceased at a place called the New Barn at a shouting or harvest home, he had two horns of ale and two horns of beer.
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William Spendlove was there and many others, about eight o,clock the deceased, William Spendlove, myself and others came to the Bear, we were all talking together and joking with each other, there was not the slightest bad feeling between deceased and William Spendlove, at the Bear.
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Deceased had one pint of ale and William Spendlove had two pints which it took them about an hour to drink.
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During this time deceased and William Spendlove had no angry words.
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The Bear Alderwasley
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