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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by that what Means the said new born female child came to
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her Death do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty third day of September in
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the Year aforesaid, a certain Woman to the Jurors aforesaid unknown did
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bear and bring forth the said Female Child alive, and that on the Same day
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and year a certain Person or Persons to the Jurors aforesaid as yet
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unknown, with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforeasaid, in and upon the said Female Child, in
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the Peace of God and of our said Lord the King then and there being
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Feloniously willfuly and of his her or their Malice fore thought, did make
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as Assault; and that the said Person or Persons to the Jurors aforesaid
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unknown did then and there feloniously wilfully and of his her or their
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Malice fore thought Choak and Strangle the said Female Child, of which
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said Choaking and strangling the said Female Child then and there
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instantly died, And that the said Person or Persons unknown of
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his her or their Malice Forethought the Female child aforesaid, in
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Manner and form aforesaid did then and there Kill and Murder,
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against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Diginity
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In Witness whereof ad well the said Coronor, as the said
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foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself,
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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