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King at 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 Female Child came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That on the Fourteenth day of August, in the
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year aforesaid, a certain Woman unknown did bring forth the said Female
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Child alive, and that on the same Day and Year a certain Person or Persons to the
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Jurors aforesaid unknown, with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid, within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, in and upon the said Female Child in the Peace of
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God and our said Lord the King then and there being feloniously wilfully and of his
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her or their Malice of Thought did make an
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And that the
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or Persons to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown the said Female Child then and
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there feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice aforethought unto the
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did Cast and throw by Means of which said Casting and Throwing, She
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the said Female Child in the Water of the said
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was then and
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there Suffocated and Drowned, And that the said Person or Persons unknown
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of his her or their Malice aforethought, the said Female Child in Manner and
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Form aforesaid, did then and there kill and Murder, against the peace of our
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said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity
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In Witness whereof, as well
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the said
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of the said Jurors on
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the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their Presence have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year, and
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Place above written
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