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<p n="907">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n907-1">Esther Jones</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n907-2">Esther Jones</rs>
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on the 7th, day of August 1778<lb></lb>
being at a certain Well of Water near to Castle Same in the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1034">St. Margaret Westminster</rs>
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, and being a very ancien't<lb></lb>
Woman it so happened that accidentally casually and<lb></lb>
by Misfortune she the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n907-3">Esther Jones</rs>
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Slipt and fell unto<lb></lb>
the said Well and in the Waters thereof was then and there<lb></lb>
Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning she the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n907-4">Esther Jones</rs>
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then<lb></lb>
and there instantly Died, And so the Jurors on their Cloth<lb></lb>
aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n907-5">Esther Jones</rs>
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in Manner and<lb></lb>
by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by<lb></lb>
Misfortune came to her Death and not otherwise. In Witness<lb></lb>
whereof the Foreman on behalf of himself and the rest of the<lb></lb>
Jurors has hereunto set his Hand this 8th. day of August 1778.</p>
<p n="908"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n908-1">Jos: Ashmore</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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