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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Robert Jones
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Thomas
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Edward Grove
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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 Samuel Bastick came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Samuel Bastick, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and understanding but lunatick
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and distracted on the Seventeenth day of April in the Year aforesaid
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at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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a certain Towling Piece charged with Gunpowder and a
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leaden Bullet to and against the Belly of him the said Samuel
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Bastick did then and there discharge, by Means whereof he the
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said Samuel Bastick did then and there give unto himself
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with the leaden Bullet aforesaid so discharged and shot
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out of the Pistol aforesaid by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid
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in and upon the Belly of him the said Samuel Bastick one
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mortal Wound of the breadth of one Inch and of the Depth
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of six Inches, of which said mortal Wound he the said
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Samuel Bastick then and there instantly died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
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said Samuel Bastick not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and
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by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
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the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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