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this Deponent that the deceased had not been
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missing above twenty minutes prior to the
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time he was taken out of the Water, hearing
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slipt away from then whilst they were at
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Dinner. This Deponent further sayith that there
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was a Bung Cork floating near the deceased
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and therefore imagines that he accidentally slipt
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into the water in going after the said Bung Cork
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and by that means was drowned.
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That upon as the deceased was taken out of the
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Water Mr. North the
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and used every means usual for recovery of Life
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or such Occasions but without the wished for
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David Norton
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The Verdict, Accidentally drowned
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