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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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, the Thirty first day of January in the Twenty sixth
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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the Oath of
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James Thomas
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John Brown
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Hugh
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Ramsey
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Michael Clark
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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 that Means the said
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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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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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distracted on the Thirteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid,
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at the said Parish of
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within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, with a certain Pen knife made of Iron and Steel which
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She the said
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Elizabeth Collins
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then and there had and held in her
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right Hand, the Throat on Gullet of her the said
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Elizabeth Collins
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did then and there strike Stab and penetrate, thereby then and there
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giving unto herself with the knife aforesaid, in and upon the Throat
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or Gullet of her the said
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Elizabeth Collins
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One Mortal Wound of the
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length of three Inches and of the Depth of One Inch of which said
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Mortal Wound she the said
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Elizabeth Collins
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then and there
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instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid, do say, that the said
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not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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Lunatick
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and
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distracted, in manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill
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herself.In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the
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said
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