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did then and there hang strangle and suffocated herself of which said hanging strangling
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and suffocation the said
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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not being of sound mind
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memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said James Arding the foreman of the
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said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to
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this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first abovewritten.
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Verdict being lunatic
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house hereof
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