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then and there lying dead, upon
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William Twentyman
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August Loriet
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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 Michael Marsden came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Michael Marsden not
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being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and
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distracted, on the said Twentieth day of June in the Year aforesaid, a certain
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Piece of small Cord unto an Iron Hook, fixed in the Ceiling, in the Cellar
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of him the said Michael Marsden, situate in lower Brook Street, in the
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said
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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and the other End thereof about his own Neck, did fix tie and fasten, and therewith
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did then and there hang, suffocate, and strangle himself, of which said
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hanging, suffocation and strangling, he the said Michael Marsden then
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and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say That the said Michael Marsden not being of sound Mind, Memory
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and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted, in manner and by the
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means aforesaid did hang himself.
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on
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the behalf of himself and the rest of his 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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