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<p n="787"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo547">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
In the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo548">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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,}<lb></lb>
to wit,</note>
<lb></lb>
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the House of Mrs. Grant the Sign of the White Horse <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo549">Knightsbridge</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo550">Parish of St<lb></lb>
George Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo551">St. Peter Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo552">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the ninth day of May 1796<lb></lb>
in the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,<lb></lb>
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,<lb></lb>
and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n787-1">Anthony Gell</rs>
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, Esq. Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City<lb></lb>
and Liberty, on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n787-2">James Murchy</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and<lb></lb>
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and<lb></lb>
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said Jame Murchy came to h is Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say that the said James Murchy not being of sound Mind Memory<lb></lb>
and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the third day of May<lb></lb>
in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid to wit<lb></lb>
in the Dwelling House of the Right Honorable the Earl of Ossory in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo553">Grosvenor place</rs>
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with a certain Razor made of Iron steel which he the<lb></lb>
said James Murchy then & there had & held in his right hand the<lb></lb>
Throat or Gullet of him the said James Murchy did then & there strike<lb></lb>
stab and penetrate thereby then & there giving unto himself the said<lb></lb>
James Murchy so being lunatic & distracted as aforesaid with the<lb></lb>
Razor aforesaid in and upon the Throat or Gullet of him the said James<lb></lb>
Murchy one Mortal Wound of the Length of four Inches and of the<lb></lb>
depth of two Inches of which said Mortal wound he the said<lb></lb>
James Murchy did languish & languishing did live, until the<lb></lb>
sixth day of May in the year aforesaid on which said<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
sixth day of May in the year aforesaid at the parish & in the liberty aforesaid<lb></lb>
to wit in Saint George's Hospital aforesaid of the said Mortal wound did<lb></lb>
die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that<lb></lb>
the said Murchy not being of sound Mind Memory & understanding but<lb></lb>
lunatic & distracted in manner and by the Means aforesaid<lb></lb>
did kill himself</p>
<p n="788"> In WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inqusition<lb></lb>
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.</p>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65236_occ272">Coroner</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n789-2">Henry Norton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Foreman<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n789-5">Hy. Goss</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n789-6">Jos Gately</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n789-4">Wm. Fens</rs>
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<p n="790"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-1">Frans; Newstead</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-2">Robert Scriven</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-3">John Johnson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-4">Richard Franks</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-5">Henry Bailey</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n790-6">Thos Lances</rs>
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<p n="791"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n791-1">Thomas Lee</rs>
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W Hayner</p>
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