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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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That on the 24th. day of July 1772, the said
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going into the Ruin Thomas near the Flood Gates
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himself and not being well able to Sworn it so happened that the
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was accidentally casually and by Misfortune
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in the said Waters then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of
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then and there instantly Died.
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