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<p n="1394"> <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65213_date257">24th. July 1773</rs>
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<p n="1395">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1395-1">Michael Dunn</rs>
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<p n="1396">That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1396-1">Michael Dunn</rs>
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on the 20th. day of July 1773.<lb></lb>
being in the Top of a Pile of Old Wood the back if Building in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1123">Dartmouth Street</rs>
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in the Pile of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1124">St. Margaret Westmr</rs>
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. it so<lb></lb>
happened that he stopped on a Plank and accidentally casually<lb></lb>
and by Misfortune fale from the same into the back Yard Paved<lb></lb>
with Stone of the House of Mrs. Frasier in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1125">Park Street</rs>
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and thereby<lb></lb>
received a Violent Contusion on his Head of which he Languished<lb></lb>
untill the 24th, day of July 1773, and then Died. And so the<lb></lb>
Jurors say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1396-2">Michael Dunn</rs>
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in manner and by the<lb></lb>
Many aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came<lb></lb>
to his Death. In Witness whereof the Freeman on behalf of<lb></lb>
himself and the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his hand<lb></lb>
this 24th, day of July 1773.</p>
<p n="1397"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1397-1">David Woodley</rs>
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Fore Man.</p>
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