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good and lawfull 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 Jane Dingler came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say That
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Fear of God before his Eyes but being mased and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil
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on the Sixteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the Parish
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in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King then
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and there being Feloniously Wilfully and of his Malice forethought did maker on assault
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with both his Hands her the said Jane Dingler to and
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upon the Floor then and these Feloniously wilfully and of his Malice forethougth Violently
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did cast and throw and with both his Kness did Kneal upon the Body of the said Jane
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Dingler then lying upon the Floor and that the said George Dirgler by the Weight and
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said Jane Dingler in and upon her Body divers mortal Bunises and that the said
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with a Certain Knife made of Iron and Steel which he the said
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George Dingler
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then
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and there had and held in his right Hand her the said Jane Dingler in and upon the Breast
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and divers parts of the Body of her the said Jane Dingler Lying upon the Floor as aforesaid did
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then and there sticke stab and Penetrate therely then and there giving unto her the said Jane
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Dirgler with the
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aforesaid divers mortal wounds in and upon the Bread and livers parts of
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the Body of her the said Jane Dingler of which said mortal Bruises and Wounds she the said Jane
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Dingler at the
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Westminster Hospital
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in the said Parish of St, Margaret within the Liberty and County
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>
</
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>
aforesaid from the said Sixteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid until the Twenty Eighth day of
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lb
>
</
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>
the same Month in the same Year did languish and Languishing did live on which said Twenty Eight day
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lb
>
</
lb
>
of August in the Year aforesaid at the parish and in the liberty and County aforesaid she the said Jane Dirgler
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>
</
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>
of the mortal Bruises and Wounds aforesaid did die, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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lb
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do say that the said
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George Dingler
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>
her the said Jane Dingler his Wife in Manner and by the oneans
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obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid feloniusly wilfully and of his Malice forethought did hell and under against the peace of our said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And that the said
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rs
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George Dingler
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>
at the Time of Commiting the Felory
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lb
>
</
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>
and Murder aforesaid has no Goods or Chattles Lands or Tenement, within the said Liberty on
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obscured
>
</
obscured
>
to the
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Knowledge of the said Jurors,
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p
n
=
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>
In Witness where of well the said Coroner as the said
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=
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>
william
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lb
>
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lb
>
Mourn
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>
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have
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lb
>
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>
to there Inquisition set their Hand, and Seals the day Year and Place abovementioned.
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>
Tho. Prickard
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>
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>
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Coroner
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p
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Wm Mourn
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>
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interp
>
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>
Foreman
</
rs
>
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=
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"Foreman"
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interp
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>
</
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>
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