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the Oath of
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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 by Means the said
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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the
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Infant, to Wit, of the Age of Eleven Weeks, on the Twenty eighth
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day of July, in the Year aforesaid, being in Bed with
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Mother of the said
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in her Lodging
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Room in the Dwelling House of
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Elizabeth Moore
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situate in
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and County aforesaid. And the said
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being very
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Deaf and in Liquor. It is happened, that the said
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there Suffocated and Smothered, of which said Suffocation and Smothering
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She the said
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Elizabeth
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune came to her death. In Witness whereof,
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as well the said Coroner as the said
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of the
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said 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 Hands
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and Seals the Day Year and Place above mentioned
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