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AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
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Mary Shift then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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said Mary Shift came to her
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Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Mary Shift on the Twenty second Day
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of June in the Year aforesaid being intoxicated with strong Liquor accidentally, casually
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and by Misfortune fell down certain Stairs Leading to the Apartment of her Husband
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situate in Mercers R
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the Parish and County aforesaid By means whereof
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she the said Mary Shift
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divers Mortal Bruises in and upon
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Head and Body of
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which said mortal Bruises
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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