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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth before
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an Infant Female Child then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names
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are hereunder written and seals affixed good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being
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then and there duly sworn and charged. to enquire for our said Lord the King when, how, and by what
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and arms, at the parish aforesaid, within the Liberty aforesaid in and upon the said female child in the peace
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of God and of our said Lord the King, then and there being feloniously wilfully and of his or her Malice
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aforethought, did make an assault, And that the said person her the said female Child did then
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and there into a certain Privy or Necessary House belonging to two Houses No. 26 & 27 in Tickbourne Street
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feloniously wilfully & of his or her Malice aforethought did violently cast and throw down (having
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aforesaid, do say, that the said person unknown, her, the said female Infant
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her Malice aforethought did kill and Murder against the Peace of our said Lord
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The King his Crown and Dignity: And that after the said Person (to these Jurors
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