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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 Mary Carbet an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
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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 out said Lord the
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came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Thirtieth day of April in the
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Year aforesaid, the said
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an Infant Aged upwards of Four
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Years, being at Play in the Lodging Room of
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off Alley, in the said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, and the Sash being up. It so happened that
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune the said
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the Infant
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fell out of and Through the Window in the said Room upon the Stone
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Pavement in the said Alley, and thereby then and there received a Mortal
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Wound and Fracture in and upon the Forehead over the Right Eye of the
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of which said Mortal Wound and Fracture she the said
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within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, from the said Thirtieth day of April in the Year aforesaid,
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until the second day of May in the same year did languish and live, on which
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said second day of May she the said
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and County aforesaid of the mortal Wound and Fracture aforesaid did die, And son
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the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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came to her Death and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner
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, as the said
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William Chapman
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the
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behalf 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 abovementioned
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Foreman
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