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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Jacob Sawyer
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George Cornish
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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William Bromley
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the Eighth
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day of August in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, in the dwelling House of
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there
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situate, with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel, which he the said
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William
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William Bromley
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did then and there strike stab and penetrate, there by
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then and there giving unto himself with the Razor aforesaid, in and upon the
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Throat of him the said
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William Bromley
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one mortal Wound of the Length
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of three Inches and of the Depth of one Inch, of which said mortal Wound
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he the said
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William Bromley
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languished about four Hours in the said
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Parish Liberty and County and then and thereof the Mortal Wound
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aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upo their Oath aforesaid
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do say that the said
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William Bromley
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not being of sound Mind Memory
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>
and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted as aforesaid, in Manner
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</
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>
and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself. In Witness whereof as
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well the sard Coroner, as the said
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Hugh Anderson
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Foreman of the said
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Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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>
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>
Year and place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Hugh Anderson
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>
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Foreman
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