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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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That the said W: B. on ye 2d. day of Novr.
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in ye 26th. Year afsd being in a certain
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pit situate on
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Heath
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in ye pas & co. afsd.
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lawfully at work in
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if necessary
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digging Gravel in ye sd: pit it so happened that
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projected
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a certain large quantity of Earth which
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projected over that part of ye sd. pit wherein
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ye deced
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ye sd. W. B. was so
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digging Gravel as afsd. then & there
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accidentally gaveway
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& fell
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into ye sd pit
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upon ye sd. W. B. by means
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whereby he
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where of he ye sd. W.B was then & there in & by ye Earth
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ye sd W. B.
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accidentally casually & by misfortune
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was
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ye sd. Earth
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upon ye sd. W. B
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in the sd. pit as afsd. then & there
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suffocated & Smothered
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of which sd. Suffocation & Smothering the sd. W.B did then
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& there instantly died And so the Jurors afsd. upon
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their Oath afsd. do say that ye sd. W. B. in manner & by ye means afsd accidentally
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casually & by misfortune came to his Death & not
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or. wise And that ye sd. Earth
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