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lying dead
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Thomas Millis
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William Grant
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James Wise
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John Tolfer
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William Fenn
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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
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty third day of March in the
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year aforesaid the said,
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, and one Smith whose Christian Name is
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not Known, had some Words and fought, in a certain Street called
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in the said Parish of
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within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, and that the said
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said Smith, but mossing the said Smith, It so happened that the said
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fell
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down with his Head against the Stone Pavement in the said Street by means whereof
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the said
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then and there Casually and by Misfortune and against the
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Will of him the said Smith, whose Christian Name in unknown, did receive
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a Wound on the left part of his Forehead and a mortal Concussion in the
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, of which said Mortal Wound and Concussion
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he the said
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John George
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from the Twenty third day of march in the Year aforesaid
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until the Twenty fifth day of the same Month in the name year, at the Parish and
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and live, on which said Twenty fifth
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day of March in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
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he the said
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John George
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of the mortal Wound and Concussion aforesaid, did die. And
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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John George
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in manner
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and by the Means aforesaid ususally and by Misfortune and against the Will of
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the
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said Smith, whose Christian Name is unknown, came to this Death and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Francis Lye
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Foreman
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of the said Jurors, on 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 and Place abovementioned
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Tho. Prickard
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Fras Lye
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Foreman
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