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of which said Mortal wounds and cruises she the said
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Sarah Curtis
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from the
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twenty fourth day of May in the year aforesaid until the twenty eighth day of the same Month of
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May in the Year aforesaid as well at the said Parish of Saint Leonard
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Shoreditch
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in the County
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aforesaid as also at the Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great in the Ward aforesaid did Curguish
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and languishing did live On which said twenty eighth day of May in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
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last aforesaid in the Ward aforesaid in
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aforesaid she the said
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Sarah Curtis
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did die And
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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Sarah Curtis
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in manner and
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lb
>
</
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>
by the means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally killed And that the said Wheel was
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>
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>
of the said Coach was moving to the Death of the said
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Sarah Curtis
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and is of the value of five shillings
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and the property and in the possession of oneBolton of the Sara
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ns Head Sun in Aldgate in the City
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of
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London
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aforesaid In Witness whereof as well the said Conner as the said
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Edward Wright
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>
Whitcomb the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellowes in their presence have to this
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lb
>
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>
Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above
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written
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E.
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Wright
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Whitcomb
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