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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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Chosen who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King when
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how, and by what Means the said
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Richard Rimmer
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came to his Death, do upon their
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Oath say, That the said
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Richard Rimmer
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on the Second day of January in the Year aforesaid, was
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driving a Hackney Coach, and being in the Evening of the same Day in a certain Street called
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, and going up into the Coach box of the said Coach, It so
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happened that the foot of the said
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slipped, and that he fell to the Ground
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by Means whereof he the said
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then and there receive one mortal Wound in and upon the Forepart of the Head of the said
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, of which said mortal Wound he the said
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from the said Second
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day of January in the Year aforesaid until the Seventh day of the same Month in the same Year
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at the
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situate in the said Parish of St. Margaret within the City Liberty and
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County aforesaid did languish and languishing did live, on which said Seventh day of January
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in the Year aforesaid he the said
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Richard Rimmer
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at the Hospital aforesaid within the Parish
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City Liberty and County aforesaid, of the mortal Wound aforesaid, did die, And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Richard Rimmer
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