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<p n="1846"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo1920">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
in the Country of<lb></lb>
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to wit,</note>
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-293">Boby Hawkes</rs>
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the Sign of the White Lion <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo1922">Hemmings Row</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo1923">parish of Saint<lb></lb>
Martin in the Field</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo1924">St. Peter, Westminster</rs>
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, in the Country of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo1925">Middlesex</rs>
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, the sixteenth day of September 1799<lb></lb>
in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,<lb></lb>
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,<lb></lb>
and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-1">Anthony Gell</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ996">Esq</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ997">Coroner</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the said City<lb></lb>
and Liberty, on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-932">John Goff</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and<lb></lb>
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who, being then and<lb></lb>
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said John Gott came to h is Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say that John Cent of the parish and Liberty aforesaid Watchman<lb></lb>
toWood Coal Merchant not having the fear of God before his Eyes<lb></lb>
but moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil, on the fifteenth day<lb></lb>
of September in the Year aforesaid with force and Arms at the Parish<lb></lb>
the peace of God and of our said Lord the King then & there being<lb></lb>
feloniously wilfully and of his Malice forethought, did make and Assault<lb></lb>
And that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-2">John Vent</rs>
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a certain Blunderbuss of the Value of five<lb></lb>
shillings charged and loaded with Gunpowder and a leader Pullet<lb></lb>
which he the said John Nent then & there had & held in his right<lb></lb>
hand to and against the Breast of him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-3">John Goff</rs>
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did<lb></lb>
then & there shoot off and discharge by Means whereof he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-4">John<lb></lb>
vent</rs>
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feloniously wilfully & of his Malice forethought did then & there give<lb></lb>
into him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-5">John Goff</rs>
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in the leaden Bullet aforesaid so as aforesaid<lb></lb>
shot off & discharged and of the Pistol aforesaid by the force of the Gun powder<lb></lb>
aforesaid in & upon the left Breast of him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-6">John Goff</rs>
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one Mortal House<lb></lb>
of the depth of six Inchester & of the Breadth of one Inch of which said<lb></lb>
Mortal Wound he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-7">John Goff</rs>
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then & there instantly died. And so<lb></lb>
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-8">John Vent</rs>
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him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1846-9">John Goff</rs>
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in the manner and by the Means aforesaid feloniously<lb></lb>
wilfully and of his Malice forethought did kill and murder against the peace of our<lb></lb>
said Lord the King his Crown & Dignity</p>
<p n="1847"> IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition<lb></lb>
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.</p>
<p n="1848"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1848-1">Anthy. Gell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ998">Coroner</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n1849-2">John Nisbet</rs>
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<p n="1850">La<obscured></obscured>
Israel<lb></lb>
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