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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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 Elizabeth Ruskin came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Elizabeth Ruskin, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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lunatick and distracted, on the Thirty first day of January
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in the Year aforesaid One End of a certain piece of small Cord
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unto an Iron Hook fastened into a Piece of Timber in the
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Lodging Room of her the said Elizabeth Ruskin in the
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Dwelling House of
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, situate
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being in
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Union Street in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, and the other End there of about her
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own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then
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and there hang suffocate and strangle herself of which said
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Hanging Suffocation, and Strangling she the said Elizabeth
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Ruskin then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Elizabeth Ruskin in
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Manner and by the Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind
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Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted,
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did kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said
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of the said
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Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows.
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hand's
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and Seals the Day Year and Place above written
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