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9th. August 1776.
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of a Woman unknown
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That the said woman unknown not being of sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding but lunatick and distracted on the 8th. day
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of August 1776, or some few days before in a certain waters
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Called the Bason situate in
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did cast and throw herself and then
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and there by means thereof in the said Waters was Suffocated
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and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning she the
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Said woman unknown then and there instantly Died. And
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so the Jurors on their Oath say that the said woman
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unknown not being of sound Mind Memory & Understanding
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but lunatick and Distracted in manner and by the means
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aforesaid did Kill herself. and not otherwise. In Witness
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whereof the Foreman on behalf of himself and the rest
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of the Jurors has hereunto set his Hand this 9th. day of
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August 1776.
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