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Depositions & Examinations
ZQSE 9/51
CRO
Physical Assault
1610
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Robert Derbyshire
male
Yeoman
Warrington, Lancashire, England
Basic Mark
Defendants
Ralph Sutton
male
Ralph Burns
male
Event
Assault with a dagger in a tavern
21 April 1610
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Company and drinking groups: mixed
Spousal consumption
Arguments
Fights and violence
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Tavern
Location of Event
Statement
21 April 1610
Robert Derbyshire
Sworn and examined deposeth and saith that this present day he was drinking with his wife Ralph Sutton and Ralph Burns together with others in Mr Robert Berry's tavern and upon some falling out at that time the said Ralph Sutton and Ralph Barnes did with 2 drawn daggers strike and wound this examinate upon the back of his right hand and likewise upon his head.