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Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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a Female Child then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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,good and lawful Men of the said Liberty duly chose, who being
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then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when how, and by
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what means the said Female Child came to her Death, do upon their Oath say, That on
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the Fourth day of October in the Year aforesaid, the said Female Child was found in
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a Coffin, within a Leather Trunk in the Dwelling House of
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John Nutting
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, situate
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and being in a certain Street called Long Ditch, in the Parish aforesaid within the
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City Liberty and County aforesaid, That the said Female Child departed this Life,
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soon after its Birth, in a Natural Way, and not from at
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from any Person or Persons whatsoever, to the knowledge of the said Jurors; nor had the
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said Female Child any Marks of Violence appearing on its Body. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellow Jurors, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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