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King at the Parish of
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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William Cryer
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Thomas Cowie
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Thomas Clont
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Thomas Tate
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and
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Thomas Powell
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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 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 on the Sixth day of June in the
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Year aforesaid
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an Infant Aged about Eleven Years
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was found drowned and suffocated in the
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River Thames
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at
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the Adelphi
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Wharf in the said
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Parish of St. Martin in the Fields
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within the Liberty
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and county aforesaid, that no Marks of Violence appeared on the Body
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but how or by what means the said
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Thomas Hollis
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became Drowned
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and suffocated no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said Daniel James Foreman of the said Jurors on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellow 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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Foreman
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