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in the Tenth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the
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Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
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Gentleman Coroner of Our said Lord the King for
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the said City and Liberty On View of the Body of
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Robert Charles
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Esquire then and there lying
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dead upon the Oath of
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Peter Lewis Perrin
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Thomas Storer
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William Granger
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John Tetlow
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James Cole
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George Cole
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Charles Stubbs
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Nathaniel Brown
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James Goostree
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John
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Holloway
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George Steuart
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and
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John Stockman
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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,
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and by what Means the said
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Robert Charles
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath
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say. That the said
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Robert Charles
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but
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lunatick and distracted, on the Fourteenth day of May in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, in the Dwelling House of the said
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Robert
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Charles
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there situate, with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel, which he the said
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then and there had and held in his left hand, the Throat or Gullet of him
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the said
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did then and there strike stab and penetrate, thereby then and there
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giving unto himself, with the Razor aforesaid, in and upon the Throat or Gullet of him the
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one mortal Wound, of the Length of three Inches, and of the Depth of one
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Inch, of which said mortal Wound he the said
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and there died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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Robert Charles
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, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in Manner
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and by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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Perrin Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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