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in the Seventeenth 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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Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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William Quinton
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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George Davies
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Thomas Knibbs
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William Reade
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Robert Hambidge
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Hugh Thorp
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James Watkins
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Thomas Hall
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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William Quinton
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on the Eleventh day
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of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid to wit, at a House New Building
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in Hereford Street, being standing on the Area Wall of the said House and Some Workmen then hoisting up of a certain
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peice of Timber called a Gvidor of about the length of Twenty feet and Width of One foot, it so happened that the Rope in
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the Tackle that was used in hoisting the said Girder broke, and one end of the said Girder fell to and against the said
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William Quinton
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by means whereof he the said William Quinton accidentally casually and by Misfortune received
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Several Violent and Mortal Bruises and Fractures on the Hughs and Knees of him the said William Quinton
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which broke and shattered the Bones thereof, of which said Violent and Mortal Bruises and Fractures he the said
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William Quinton
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then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid on their Oath aforesaid do say That
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the said
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William Quinton
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to
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his Death and not otherwise. And that the said Girder was Moving to the Death of the said William Quinton, and
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is of the Value of Five Shillings, and is the property of
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of White horse Street
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in the Liberty and
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County aforesaid Carpenter, or of his Assigns. In Witness whereof as wall the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors
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aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and at the Place first above mentioned.
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Foreman
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