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King, at the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the Twenty sixth day of September in the thirty first
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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View of the Body of
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then and there
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lying dead
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Henry Vint
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Henry Platt
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Joseph Withers
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John Lee
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Barnard Baker
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Isaac Froome
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William Hill
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Thomas Warren
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Ephraim
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Goatby
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Nathaniel Morgan
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Edward Roberts
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Daniel Kelly
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and
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John Bayley
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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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John Gibson
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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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John Gibson
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not being of sound
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Mind memory and understanding but Lunatick and distracted on the said Twenty
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sixty day of September in the Year aforesaid at the said Parish of
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St. Paul Covent
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Garden
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid with a certain Knife made of
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Iron and Steel which he the said
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John Gibson
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then and then had and held in his
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right Hand The Throat or Gullat of him the said
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John Gibson
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"Gibson"
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>
did strike state
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lb
>
</
lb
>
and penitrate thereby then and there giving unto himself with the Knife
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lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid one mortal wound of the Length of Five Inches and of the Depth
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lb
>
</
lb
>
of One Inch of which said mortal Wound he the said
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John Gilson
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"Gilson"
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</
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>
then and
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lb
>
</
lb
>
there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid
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lb
>
</
lb
>
do say that the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65231_n1571-25"
>
John Gibson
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rs
>
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inst
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=
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=
"John"
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>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65231_n1571-25"
type
=
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=
"Gibson"
>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65231_n1571-25"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
not being of sound Mind Memory and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
understanding but
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>
Lunatick
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>
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"WACWIC65231_occ1557"
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and distracted in manner and by the means
<
lb
>
</
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>
aforesaid did
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
ill himself
</
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>
<
p
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=
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>
In Witness whereof as well the said
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Coroner as the said
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>
Charles Bower
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
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type
=
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=
"Charles"
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>
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=
"WACWIC65231_n1572-1"
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=
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=
"Bower"
>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65231_n1572-1"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
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>
<
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type
=
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>
Foreman
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rs
>
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=
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value
=
"Foreman"
>
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>
of the said Jurors on the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
this Inquisition set their Hands and seals the Day Year and Place
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
abovementioned
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1573"
>
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rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Tho. Prichard
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>
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>
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interp
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=
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
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=
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>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65231_occ1559"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
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>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1574"
>
Bower Foreman
</
p
>
</
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>
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