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<p n="1629"> <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65213_date317">6th, August 1773</rs>
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<p n="1630">Verdict of the King touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1630-1">Charles Stapleton</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1630-2">Charles Stapleton</rs>
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on the 5th, day of August<lb></lb>
1773 going into the Serpentine River in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1275">Hyde Park</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1276">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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in the Liberty of Westmr<lb></lb>
there to Bath himself it so happened that the <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1630-3">Charles<lb></lb>
Stapleton</rs>
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was accidentally casually and by Misfortune<lb></lb>
in the Waters of the said River suffocated & Drowned<lb></lb>
of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1630-4">Charles Stapleton</rs>
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then and there Died. And so the Jurors<lb></lb>
on their Oath say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1630-5">Charles Stapleton</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
Manner & by the means aforesaid accidentally casually<lb></lb>
and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise<lb></lb>
In Witness whereof the Foreman of the Jurors on behalf<lb></lb>
of the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his hand this<lb></lb>
6th. day of August 1773.</p>
<p n="1631"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1631-26">Wm: Ovens</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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