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did then and there hang
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strangle and suffocate himself of which said hanging strangling and suffocation he the said Thomas
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Arreskine did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
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say that the said
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Thomas Arreskine
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding
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did hand and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William
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Phillibrown the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above
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written.
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William Phillibrown
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Foreman
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