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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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Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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on the Twenty second Day
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of August in the Year aforesaid having drank a Quantity of Spirituous Liquor called
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Geneva (to wit) Three Quark so far
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It so happened That he the said
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said Choaking, Suffocation and Stifling he the said
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the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said
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in Manner
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and by the Means aforesaid came to his Death
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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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