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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, Gentleman,
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an Infant then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas Gladwin
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Lewis Sulsh
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and
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John Wilson
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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 what Means the said
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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Robert Murray
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the Infant, on
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the Seventeenth day of April in the Year aforesaid, being at play with two
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of his Brothers in the Backyard and Workshop of
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William Murray
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Father
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of the said
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, situate in the Broadway in the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And part of the Floor of the Necessary-
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House or Privy in the said backyard, having been taken up in order to its
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being that Night Emptied, It so happened that the said
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then
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and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, fell down through the Floor
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into the said Necessary House or Privy, and in the Soil or Ordure therein
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contained, was then and there Suffocated and Strangled, of which said
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Suffocation and Strangling he the said
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Robert Murray
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when and there
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died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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David Woodley
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and
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Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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