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that is to say at the parish of Saint Leonard
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aforesaid on the
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day of October in the thirty second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
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George the third by the Grace of Goe of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the
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on view of the Body of a Woman unknown
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Bradley,
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and lawful men of the
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and
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charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner
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the said woman unknown came to her death say upon their Oath that the said
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unknown on the second day of October in the year aforesaid laing going and
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Passing along
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the a certain public street and common highway, their called
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and a certain person to the Jurors unknown
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being then and there drivelly certain Cart drawn by two Horses along and
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thro the said street It so happened that the said woman unknown did then and
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there accidentally fall upon the ground there and near to the said Cart while the same
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was passing on as aforesaid by means whereof the off wheel of the said Cart did then and there
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accidentally go upon and passover the Head of the said woman unknown by means
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whereof the said Woman unknown did then and there receive one mortal fracture
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in and upon her said head of which said mortal fracture the said woman unknown
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on the day and year aforesaid did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say that the said woman unknown in manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally
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casually and by misfortune was accidentally Richd
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came to her death and not otherwise
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and that the off wheel of
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the said Cart was moving to the death of the said woman unknown and is of the value of 2s and 6d
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and the property and in the possession of
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In Witness whereof as wall the said
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as the said
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then
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foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of
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himself and the rest of his fellows have in
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their presence to this Inquisition at their
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hands and seals the day year and place
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first above written.
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