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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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George
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Scot
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Joseph Johnson
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Silvester Freeman
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Samuel Vaughan
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John Cooknol
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John Gritton
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John Davis
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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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Joseph Miller
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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on the First day of
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July in the Year aforesaid being in a certain Lighter loaden with Coals, and
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floating on the River Thomas to Wit, at Parliament Stairs, in the
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John the Evangelist
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within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, and
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then and there walking hastily along the Side of the said Lighter, it so
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happened that the said
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then and there struck his foot against
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an Iron fixed in the Said Lighter, and by means thereof fell out of the said
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Lighter into the
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, and in the Waters thereof was then and there
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Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the
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said
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Joseph Miller
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then and
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died. And so the Jurors of said upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Misfortune in manner and by the Means aforesaid came to his Death and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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George
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
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the Day Year and Place first above written
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Foreman
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