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George Bourne
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Thomas Manning
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, John Jefts
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James Edwards
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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 Infant Child came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty fourth day of February
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in the Year aforesaid the said Female Infant Child, was in Bed with Hannah Cumming in the dwelling
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House of
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William Roberts
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situate in Oxedan Street in the
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said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields within the Liberty and
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Country aforesaid, and that the said Female Child Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune was then and there suffocated and smothered of
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which said Suffocation and smothering she the said Female Child
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say that the said Female Child in manner and by the
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means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her
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Death and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and Place abovementioned
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