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in the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
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lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that
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the said Murchy not being of sound Mind Memory & understanding but
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