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<p n="1001">14th, August 1778.</p>
<p n="1002">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1002-1">William Blake</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1002-2">William Blake</rs>
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not being of Sound Mind Memory<lb></lb>
and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted on the 14th. day of<lb></lb>
August 1778, at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1125">Parish of St. James</rs>
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in the Liberty of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1126">Westminster</rs>
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one end of Pair of Worsted<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Garters tied together to an Iron Rod to the<lb></lb>
Tester of a Bed in his Bed chamber of his Dwelling House in Marshall Street<lb></lb>
Situate in the Said Parish, and the other and there of about his<lb></lb>
own Neck did fix tye and faster and there with did then and<lb></lb>
there hang Suffocate and Strangle himself of which Said Hanging<lb></lb>
Suffocation and Strangling he the Said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1002-3">William Blake</rs>
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then<lb></lb>
and there instantly Died. And do the Jurors on their Oath do<lb></lb>
Say that the Said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1002-4">William Blake</rs>
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not being of Sound Mind Memory<lb></lb>
and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted in manner and by<lb></lb>
the Means aforesaid did kill himself. In Witness whereof<del>out</del>
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the Foreman on behalf of himself and the rest of the Jurors has<lb></lb>
hereunto set his Hand this 14th, day of August 1778.</p>
<p n="1003"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1003-1">Henry Hillam</rs>
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Four Man</p>
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