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That the said
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1773 going into the Serpentine River in
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in the Liberty of Westmr
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there to Bath himself it so happened that the
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was accidentally casually and by Misfortune
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in the Waters of the said River suffocated & Drowned
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of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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then and there Died. And so the Jurors
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in
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Manner & by the means aforesaid accidentally casually
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and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof the Foreman of the Jurors on behalf
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of the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his hand this
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6th. day of August 1773.
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