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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Anthony D'Polier
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and distracted
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on the Twentieth day of September in the Year aforesaid at the said
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within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid a certain Pistol charged with Gun powder and a Leaden Bullet
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which he the said Anthony D. Polier then and there had and held in his
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right Hand to and against the Head of him the said
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Did then and there shoot off and discharge by means whereof he the said
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did then and there give unto himself with the leaden
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Bullet aforesaid so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the
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Force of the Gunpowder aforesaid in and upon the Head of him the said
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Anthony D. Polier One Mortal Wound and Fracture of which said
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Mortal Wound and Fracture he the said Anthony D. Polier then and
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there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say that the said Anthony D. Polier not being of sound Mind
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Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted in manner and
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by the means aforesaid did kill himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this
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