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charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said Joseph
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Barnett came to his death say upon their Oath that the said
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and by misfortune fell from and off the said Landing place down the said stairs whereby the
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the sd
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to his death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said James
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Jackson 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
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above written.
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