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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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and
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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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his Death, do upon their Oath say That a man to the Jurors aforesaid as yet
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unknown not having the Fear of God before his Eyes but being moved and seduced by the Instigation
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of the Devil on the said Eighth day of July in the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at
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the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon the said
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in the Peace of God and of our said Lord the King then and there being feloniously wilfully
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and of his Malice forethought did make an Assault, And that the said Man unknown with a
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certain Knife made of Iron and Steel which he the said Man unknown then and there had and
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held in his Right Hand him the said
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in and upon the Rightside of the Body
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then and there did strike stab and Panetrate, And that the
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said Man to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown did then and there give unto him the said
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in and upon he Right side of the Body of him the said
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Charles Linton
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with the Knife aforesaid one mortal wound of the Length of one Inch and of the Depth
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of three Inches, of which said mortal wound he the said
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Charles Linton
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then and
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there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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man unknown him the said
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Charles Linton
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
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feloniously wilfully and of his Malice fore thought did kill and murder agaisnt the Peace
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of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity. And that the said Man unknown
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after he had committed the Felony and Murder aforesaid, in Manner aforesaid withdraw
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and fled for the same. In Witness where of as well the said Coroner as the said
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Thomas Northam
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the
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rest of his Fellows, in their presence have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovewritten
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Tho. Prickard
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Tho. NorthamForeman
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