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25th, July 1772
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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That the said
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on the 24th, day of July 1772, not being of
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Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted one end
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of a certain peice of Cord fastened to a Staple in the Ceiling of the two
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pair of Stairs fore Room in the Dwelling House of W,
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Husband in
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and the other and of the said peice of Lord about her own Neck did lye
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fix and faster and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and
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strangle herself of which she the said
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then and there
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instantly Died. And so the Jurors on thin Oath say that the said
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being Lunatick and Distracted in manner and by the means
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aforesaid did Kill herself. In Witness whereof the Foreman of the
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said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of the Jurors
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have has
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hereunto Let his hand this 25th, day of July 1772.
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