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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Patrick Thornton
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a
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Brick layers labourer on the twenty sixth day of June in the Year
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aforesaid being at Work upon the House of Lady Clifford situate and
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being in Bruton Street in the said Parish of Saint George
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid and then and
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there going up a long ladder against the front of the said House
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It so happened that the said Patrick Thornton Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune fell off and from the said Ladder upon the Iron
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Rails before the said House, by Means whereof the said Patrick Thornton
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then and there Received Mortal Wounds and Fractures in and
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upon the right side of the head of him the said
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of
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which said Mortal Wounds and Fractures he the said
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Patrick Thornton
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then and there instantly died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in Manner
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and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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came to his Death and not otherwise
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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 said Jurors on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of this Fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and Place abovementioned.
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