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to wit.
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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View of the Body of A Man unknown then and there lying dead, upon
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Pool
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Carder
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Augustus Elliot
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Edward Gooch
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Anthony
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Smith
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John Thomas
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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 Man unknown came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the unknown was found drowned and
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suffocated in the
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, near unto
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in
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the said Parish of Saint Margaret, whin the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, that no Marks of violence appeared on the Body but
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how or by what means the said Man unknown became Drowned
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and suffocated no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors.
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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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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