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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duty chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and
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Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when, how and by what means the said Man
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Unknowncame to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Man Unknown on the
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Twenty third day of January in the Year aforesaid, was found Drowned and Suffocated
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Thomas, near unto a Bridge called
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within the Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid, that the said Man unknown
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had no Marks of Violence appearing on his Body, but how or by what Means he became
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Drowned and Suffocated no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors.
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said Jurors, on the behalf of Himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first
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