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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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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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there being a saucepan full of boiling Water upon the FireIt so
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the
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Infant
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pulled down the said
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Saucepan and that the boiling Water therein Accidentally Casually and
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by Misfortune fell upon the Neck of the said
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Jane Walter
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, and that the
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neck back sides and other parts of the Body of her the said
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Jane Walter
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were then and there scalded and burnt of which said Scalding and
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>
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burning she the said
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Jane Walter
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the
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Infant
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>
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type
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from the said Fifteenth day of
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lb
>
</
lb
>
August in the Year aforesaid until the Sixteenth day of the same mouth
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Year at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid did languish
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lb
>
</
lb
>
and languishing did live on which said Sixteenth day of August in the year
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lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid she the said
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lb
>
</
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>
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>
Jane Walter
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the Infant of the mortal burning aforesaid did die, And so
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lb
>
</
lb
>
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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=
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>
Jane Walter
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>
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>
</
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>
in manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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lb
>
</
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>
came to her Death and not otherwiseIn Witness whereof as well the
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lb
>
</
lb
>
said Coroner as the said David briehton Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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>
</
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>
of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition
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>
</
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>
set their Hands and seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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David Crishton
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>
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Foreman
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>
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>
</
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>
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