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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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George Smith
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Nicholas Haynes
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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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on the
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First day of February in the Year aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune was suffocated and Drowned
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in the
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he
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the said
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then and there died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That
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the said
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John Fling
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Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune came to his death and not the otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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James Loton
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said
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Fellows in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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above written
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James Loton
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