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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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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the Twelfth day of May in the Thirtieth
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Prickard
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, Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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View of the Body of
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Thomas Gleaves
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John Hodge
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William Heath
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Samuel Mercer
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George Greacham
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Edward Payne
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William Coltman
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Henry Roberts
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Edward Taylor
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Samuel Hatson
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Thomas Story
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George Puller
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Edward Hayley
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Adams Duncan
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John Thompson
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John Ruthenbeck
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Joseph Sayers
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Richard
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Manning
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and
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William Rebock
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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 Susanna Campion came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Susanna Campion not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and
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distracted on the said Twelfth day of May in the Year aforesaid being
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alone in her Lodging Room in the Dwelling House of
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John Bott
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situate in
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Mercer Street in the said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid out of and through a Window in the said Lodging
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Room at the Heighth of Two Stories unto and upon the Stone Pavement in
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the said Street did cast and throw herself by reason thereof she the said
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Susanna Campion did then and these receive one mortal Wound and Fracture
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in and upon the back part of her Head of which said Mortal Wound and
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Fracture she the said Susanna Campion then and these instantly died
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
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said Susanna Campion not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
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but Lunatick and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did kill
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herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said
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Thomas Gleaves
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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 Pasenie, have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day year and Place
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abovementioned
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Coroner
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Foreman
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