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<p n="1009">9th. August 1776.</p>
<p n="1010">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of a Woman unknown<lb></lb>
That the said woman unknown not being of sound Mind Memory<lb></lb>
and Understanding but lunatick and distracted on the 8th. day<lb></lb>
of August 1776, or some few days before in a certain waters<lb></lb>
Called the Bason situate in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1092">Hyde Park</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1093">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1094">Hanover Square</rs>
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did cast and throw herself and then<lb></lb>
and there by means thereof in the said Waters was Suffocated<lb></lb>
and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning she the<lb></lb>
Said woman unknown then and there instantly Died. And<lb></lb>
so the Jurors on their Oath say that the said woman<lb></lb>
unknown not being of sound Mind Memory & Understanding<lb></lb>
but lunatick and Distracted in manner and by the means<lb></lb>
aforesaid did Kill herself. and not otherwise. In Witness<lb></lb>
whereof the Foreman on behalf of himself and the rest<lb></lb>
of the Jurors has hereunto set his Hand this 9th. day of<lb></lb>
August 1776.</p>
<p n="1011"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1011-1">Richd. Aslat</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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