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1773 at the
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one and of a certain
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his Master Situate in
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. Burkeley Square and the other end thereof about his own Neck
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did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang
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Suffocate and strangle himself of which said Hanging Suffocation
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to the Jurors or then Oath say that the said
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being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and
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Distracted in Manner and by the means aforesaid did Kill
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himself In Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf of
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himself and the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his Hand
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this 24th. day of July 1773.
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