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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
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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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a Labourer on the
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Twelfth day of March in the Year aforesaid being at Work upon the
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dwelling House of Mr. Church at
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in the County aforesaid,
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and then and there standing upon a Scaffold on the outsider of the
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said House, it so happened that the said Scaffold gave way and that
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the said
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell down from the said Scaffold unto the Ground, and
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thereby did then and there receive divers mortal Bruises in
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his Body, of which said mortal Bruises he the said
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid from the said twelfth
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day of March in the Year aforesaid until the said Sixteenth day
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of the same Month and Year did languish, and then and there
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of the mortal Bruises aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors
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in manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and Place first abovementioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Wm. ElsbeeForeman
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