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28th. July 1773
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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That the said
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on the 27th. day of July 1773, being
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and being much intoxicated with
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Liquor it so happened that by means thereof she was Choaked
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Suffocated and Strangled of which said Choaking Suffocation
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then and there Died
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And so the Jurors on their Oath says that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to her Death and
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otherwise the Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf of himself
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& the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his hand this 28th, day
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of July 1773.
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