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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth, Before
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, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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Choosen, 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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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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a Slater on the
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said Twentieth day of September in the Year aforesaid being at Work
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upon the top of the dwelling House of Wynne Esquire Situate in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid And being then and there coming down a Ladder near
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unto the top of the said House, It so happened that the said
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James
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fell down upon the Stone Payment within the Iron-Rails, in the
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Front of the said House and thereby did then and there receive
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divers Mortal Wounds Bruises and Fractures and upon the
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Head and Body of him the said
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Wounds Bruises and Fractured he the said
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James Russell
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instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon there Oath aforesaid
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do say, That the said
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James Russell
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in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his
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Death, and not otherwise, In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and place above written
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Foreman
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