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and the other end of
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the said Handkerchief unto and about his own Neck then and there did fix tie and fasten and did thereby then and there hang
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strangle and suffocate himself Of which said hanging strangling and suffocation he the said
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did then and there
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die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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not being of sound mind memory
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and understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did hang and kill himself In
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Witness whereof as well the said Coroner at the said Matthew Dupont the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and
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the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to their Inquisition set their hands and seals the day a year and place first above
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written
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