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This Examinant on his oath saith
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that about the 7th or 8th of December Last
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was found Drowned
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in Cranford parish, on the 11th day of the said
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Month Mr
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the
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at on
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the body; and the Jury found the deceased
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a Lunatick and the said
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did pay
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him the said Mr
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his bill which
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Examinant further Saith not; but that he is
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one of the overseers of the poor of Cranford
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parish; and he beleives the other parish officers
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Know nothing of the Matters but by hear say
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with regard to the payment to the payment of
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the mony
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Beth: Palmer
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Sworn before me
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the day and year
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