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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 Thomas Reeks came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Reeks, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the
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First day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, a certain Pistol charged with Gunpowder and a
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leaden Bullet, which he the said Thomas Reeks then and there had and held
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in his Right Hand, to and against to rightside of the Head of him the said
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Thomas Reeks, did then and there shoot off and discharge, by Means whereof he
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the said Thomas Reeks did then and there give unto himself with the leaden
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Bullet aforesaid, so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid by the force
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of the Gunspowder aforesaid
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the said Thomas Reeks, one man Fractures, of which said mortal Fracture
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he the said Thomas Reeks then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Thomas Reeks, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted,
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Thomas Lewling Foreman of
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the said Jurors, on the behalf himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place first above written
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