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Day of April in the Fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the
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Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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William Soley
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Isaac Morris
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Edward Cook
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Richard Sill
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William Pavey
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William Organer
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David Miles
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good & lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly Chosen 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
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William Bold
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That
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the said
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William Bold
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not having the Fear of God before his Eyes, but moved and Seduced by the
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Instigation of the Devil, on the Second day of April in the Year aforesaid, with Force and Arms at
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the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon Himself in the Peace of God and of
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our said Sovereign Lord the King then and there being, feloniously wilfully and of his Matice
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fore thought did make an Assault; And that the said
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one End of a certain piece of small
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Cord of no Value unto a large Wooden Beam in the Hayloft adjoing and belonging to the dwelling
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House of Mrs.
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Ann Booth
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by situate in Upper Grosvenor Street in the said Parish Liberty and County
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and the other End thereof about his own Neck, did fix, tye, and fasten, and therewith did then and
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there hang, Suffocate, and strangle himself; of which said Hanging, Suffocation and Strangling,
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he the said
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William Bold
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did then and then instantly die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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William Bold
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid feloniously
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wilfully, and of his Malice forethought, did hill and murder Himself, against the Peace of
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our said Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity. And that the said
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at the time
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of committing the Felony and Murder aforesaid, had no Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements
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within the said Liberty, or elsewhere, to the Knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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William Soley
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Foreman of the said Jurors,
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lb
>
</
lb
>
on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, that Day Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Wm
<
obscured
>
</
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>
Foreman
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p
>
</
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>
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