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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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h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Jane Hay the Infant on the
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Third day of August in the Year aforesaid being alone at Play on the inside
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of the Stair case Window in the dwelling House of
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Jeffreys's Buildings in the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty and
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County aforesaid, And the Lower Sash of the Said Window having been put
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and by Misfortune fell and of and thro' the said Window (being two Stories high)
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into the said Buildings, and by Means thereof did then and there receive one
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mortal Wound upon the back part of the Head, and a violent Concussion in and
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upon the Brain, of her the said Jane Hay, of which said mortal Wound and
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Concussion she the said Jane Hay from the said Third day of August in the Year
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aforesaid until the Twenty ninth day of the same Month in the same Year at the
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Parish and in the City Liberty and County aforesaid did Languish and Languishing
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did live, on which said Twenty ninth day of August in the Year aforesaid she
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the said Jane Hay at the said Parish of St. Margaret of the Mortal Wound
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and Concussion aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Jane Hay Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune, in manner and by the means aforesaid, Came to her Death and
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not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first abovewritten.
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