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An Inquitition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at
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, the Tenth day of February in the Twentieth 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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, Gentleman,
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a Man Unknown then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas Redar
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John Lee
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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 Man unknown came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Man Unknown
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on the Ninth day of February in the Year aforesaid
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was found drowned and suffocated in the Serpentine
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River in
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in the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, That
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no Marks of violence appeared on the Body of
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the said Man unknown, but how or by what
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Means he became Drowned and Suffocated, no
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Evidence there doth appear to the Jurors.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner,
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as the said
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Foreman of the
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said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest
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of his said Fellows, in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place abovewritten
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