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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Eighth Day of
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November in the Year aforesaid One End of a Piece of Pack Thread to a Leaden
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Water Pipe in her Lodging Room or Apartment situate in Wilkes Street in the
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Parish and County aforesaid and the other End thereof about her own Necks
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strangle herself Of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the
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then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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to the said Do say That the said
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the Means aforesaid Did kill herself
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"LMCOIC65102_occ308"
>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMCOIC65102_occ308"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Coroner"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Henry Pettit
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
Foreman
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1464"
>
No. 8
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
St. Ann
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMCOIC65102_n1464-1"
>
John May
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMCOIC65102_n1464-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMCOIC65102_n1464-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"May"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMCOIC65102_n1464-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Accy. Drowned:
</
p
>
</
div1
>
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