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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Cornelius Severs came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Cornelius Severs, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
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the Ninth day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, to Wit, into the Serpentine River within
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there did cast and throw himself, by Means of which
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said Casting and Throwing, he the said Cornelius Severs in the Waters of the
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Suffocation and Drowning he the said Cornelius Severs then and there
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instantly died. And so the Juror aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say, that the said Cornelius Severs in Manner and by the Means
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lunatick and distracted, did drown and kill himself. In Witness
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where of as well the said Coroner, as the said
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the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in
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their presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands bord Seals, the
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Day Year and Place first above written
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