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King at the House of
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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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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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then and there lying dead, upon
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James
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Hutchins
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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 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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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not being of sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding but lunatic and distracted on the said sixteenth day of
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February, in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid a certain
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Pistol charged with Gunpowder, and a leader Bullet, which he the said
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then and there had and held in his hand, to and against the head of him the said
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, did then and there shoot off and discharge by means whereof he the said
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did then and there give unto himself, with the leaden Bullet aforesaid, so discharged
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and slot out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid in and upon the
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head of him the said
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, one mortal Wound of the breath of One Inch, and
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of the depth of three Inches, of which said Mortal Wound He the said John
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Wood then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon
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their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors have to this
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Inquisition set their hands and Seals the Day, Year, & Place above - written.
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Johnson
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W Derset
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Hine
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<
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Robinson
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