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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 the
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came to his death say upon their oath that the said
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on the twenty second day of April in the year aforesaid being in and on board
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there situate It so happened that the said George
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Smith accidentally casually and by misfortune fell from and out of the said vessel into
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the said River and in and with the waters of the said River was then and there
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suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning the said George
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Smith did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid
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do say that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first
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abovewritten.
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