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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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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Jeremiah Langton a
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on
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the fourth day of June in the Year aforesaid being employed
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to Water the Road in
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drawn by two Horses felling the said Cart with Water in the
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Serpentine River in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid It so happened that the Wheels of the
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said Cart sunk into a Hole, and that the said Jeremiah
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Langton fell off and from the said Cart into the said River
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and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning
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aforesaid do say, that the said
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his death, and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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