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of May in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the
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Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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Farmer
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Mills,
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the said County duly chosen and who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire
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came to
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her Death, Do upon their Oath Say, That The said
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Mind, Memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Twenty
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Eighth Day of May in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the County aforesaid
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One Drachm of White Arsenick, into a certain Quantity of Liquid to the Jurors aforesaid
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and understanding but Lunatic and distracted as aforesaid Did then and there take
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drink and swallow down
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By Means whereof she the said Elizabeth
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Sanders then and there became sick and distempered in her Body and of the
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on the Day and Year aforesaid at the Parish and County
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but Lunatic and distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Did poison and
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In Witness whereof as will the said Coronor as the said
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the Foreman of the said Jurors
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Set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above Written
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"Inman"
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interp
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interp
inst
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"LMCOIC65102_n503-2"
type
=
"gender"
value
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"unknown"
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interp
>
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figure
rend
=
"mark"
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</
figure
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Foreman
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p
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