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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Margaret
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the fifth day of January in the twenty Eighth
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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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, Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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View of the Body of a New born Male Child then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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John Burford
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William Bell
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Thomas Langton
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Richard Sherlock
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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 New born Male Child came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Fourth day of January
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in the Year aforesaid the said New born Male Child was
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found dead in a Hat Box in a certain place near
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in the Parish Liberty and County
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aforesaid, That no marks of Violence appeared on the
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Body, and that the said Male Child was still Born.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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of the
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said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of
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his Fellows in their Presence have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and
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Place abovementioned
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Jno. Cartwright
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