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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Dwelling House of
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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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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View of the Body of a New-born-Male Child then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are hereunder written and Seals
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said new-born-Male Child came to
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h is- Death, do upon their Oath say that Diana Parken late of the Parish of Chelsea aforesaid within the
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Liberty aforesaid married Womans, on the twenty first day of June in the year aforesaid, being then and
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there big with the said new born Male Child And also on the same day and year, not being of sound Mind
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Memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted in her Mind. She the said
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afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year alone, by the Providence of God, the said Male Child, did bring
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forth alive. And that the said
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, not being of sound Mind Memory, and understanding, but
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lunatic and distracted, as aforesaid afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year at the Parish and within
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the Liberty aforesaid, the Fingers of her the said
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day and Year in the Parish and within the Liberty aforesaid, the said new-born male Child into
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a certain Privy or Necessary House, did cast and throw down. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid, do say, that; the said
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not being of sound Mind Memory and
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill.
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In Witness whereof as well the
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said Coroner as the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their hands
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and Seals the day Year and Place first above written.
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