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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 Sarah Boxall came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Sarah Boxall not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and
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distracted on the twelfth day of November in the Year aforesaid
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into the River near the Fire Engine at Pimlico in the said Parish of
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Saint George
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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did cast and threw herself by means of which said Casting and throwing
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she the said Sarah Boxall in the water of the said River was then
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and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and
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drowning she the said Sarah Boxall then and there died. And
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
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but Lunatick and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid
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did kill herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said William Dean Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and place
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