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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, that the said
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not being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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Lunatick and distracted on the Eighteenth day of April in
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the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
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aforesaid one End of a certain Piece of small Cord unto an
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Iron Hook fastened into the Wainscot in the Lodging Room
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Apartment of the said William Humphires in the Dwelling
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House of
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in the said
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Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about
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his own Neck did fix and fasten, and therewith did then
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and
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by the Means aforesaid, did Kill himself In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place above written
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