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came to his Death, Do upon their Oath say, That The said
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and
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distracted on this Eighth Day of April in the Year aforesaid himself out of
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a Two Pair of Stairs Window in the Dwelling House of his Father Peter
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Botham situate in the Liberty and County aforesaid to and against the Ground
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there Did last and Throw thereby then and there Giving Unto himself One
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Mortal Fracture in and upon the Scull of him the said
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid Do say That the said Thomas
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Botham nothing of sound Mind Memory and Understanding But Lunatic and
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distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself
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the Foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in the presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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