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, the Eighth day of
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Marchin the Fifthyear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third
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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty
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on View of the Body of New born Male Child then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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John Reeves
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,good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen
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who being 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 New born Male Childcame to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the
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said New born Male Child on the Seventh day of March in the year aforesaid, was found dead in a Coffin, in the
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Footway or Passage leading into Lancaster Court, on the South side of the Parish Church of
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, in the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, That no Marks of
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Violence appeared on the said New born Male Child, and that the said Male Child was not
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come to Maturity, and was not born alive. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said Male Child was Dead born. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day year and Place first above written
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Wm JeevesForeman
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