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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 7th. Day of August 1778, not
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being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and
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Distracted, one end of a certain Cord about the Bed Past Head in
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a Room three pain of Stairs backwards in the House of Mr.
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Rowndes in the Almoney in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr
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did fix and faster and on the other and thereof Neck was
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Suspended, and by Means thereof did then and there Hang
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Suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said Hanging
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Suffocation and Strangling she the said
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and there instantly Died, And so the Jurors on their Oath
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say that the said
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not being of sound Mind
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Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted in
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Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill herself. In
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Witness whereof the
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Foreman on behalf of himself and
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the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his Hand this 8th.
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day of August 1778.
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