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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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Great Britain, 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
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Timothy Mutch
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Joseph Turner
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Lander
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William Wilson
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William Ferguson
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Thomas Thomas
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James Frazier
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Alexander
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Copeland
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Charles Buer
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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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Elizabeth Phillips
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Elizabeth Phillips
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, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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distracted on the Twenty sixth day of April in the Year aforesaid
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at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid, with
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or certain Knife made of Iron and Steel which she the said
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Elizabeth Phillips
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then and there had and held in her Right Hand
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the Throat or Gullet of her the said
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Elizabeth Phillips
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did then
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and there strike stab and penetrate, thereby then and there
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giving unto herself with the Knife aforesaid in and upon
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the Throat or Gullet of her the said
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one Mortal
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Wound of the Length of three Inches and of the Depth of one
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Inch, of which said Mortal Wound she the said
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Elizabeth Phillips
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill
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