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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign, Lord the
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in the Fourteenth Year
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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Thomas Prickard
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David Miller
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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James
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Henry Slack
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John Garwood
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John
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Garnier
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William Storer
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Richard King
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Richard Tomkins
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John Haly
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Richard
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Burton
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Richard Greensword
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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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David Miller
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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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David Miller
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. not being of sound
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Mind Memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted, on the Fourth
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day of March in the Year aforesaid at the
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Parish of Kensington
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in the
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County aforesaid, with a certain Penknife made of Iron and Steel which
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he the said
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David Miller
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the Throat or Gallet of him the said
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did then and there strike
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stab and penetrate, and also in and upon the Belly of him the said
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David
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did then and there strike Stab and penetrate, thereby then and there
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giving unto himself with the Penknife aforesaid, in and upon the Throat
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one mortal Wound, and also in and upon the Belly of him the said
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one other mortal Wound, of which said mortal Wound he
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the said
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from the said Fourth day of March in the Year aforesaid
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until the Seventh day of the same Month and Year, at the said Parish
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of
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saint George Hanover Square
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did languish and languishing did live, on which said Seventh day of
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March in the Year aforesaid, at the said Parish of Saint George Hanover
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Square, he the said
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of the mortal Wounds aforesaid did die
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid so say, that the
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
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but lunatic and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did
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hill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year an Place first above written.
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