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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 our Said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Man unknown
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That on the said second day of June in the
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Year aforesaid the said Man unknown was found drowned and
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Suffocated in the
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within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid That no Marks of Violence appeared in
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the Body, but how or by what means the said Man unknown
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became drowned and suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth appear
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said
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Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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Presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and Place abovementioned
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