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14th, August 1778.
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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That the said
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not being of Sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted on the 14th. day of
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August 1778, at the
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in the Liberty of
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one end of Pair of Worsted
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Garters tied together to an Iron Rod to the
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Tester of a Bed in his Bed chamber of his Dwelling House in Marshall Street
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Situate in the Said Parish, and the other and there of about his
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own Neck did fix tye and faster and there with did then and
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there hang Suffocate and Strangle himself of which Said Hanging
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Suffocation and Strangling he the Said
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then
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and there instantly Died. And do the Jurors on their Oath do
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Say that the Said
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not being of Sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted in manner and by
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the Means aforesaid did kill himself. In Witness whereof
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the Foreman on behalf of himself and the rest of the Jurors has
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hereunto set his Hand this 14th, day of August 1778.
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Henry Hillam
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