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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty duly chosen as by law is required, and who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire
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for Our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what Means the said
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came to h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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died suddenly in a certain Hole or Place
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of Confinement, within the Watchhouse, in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid, on the Twenty third day of March in the year aforesaid; That no
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Marks of Violence appeared on the Body of the said
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deported this Life by the Nisitation of God, in a natural Way, and not by any
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of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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of his said Fellows, in their presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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