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We have this day examined the body of
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and observed nothing
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that could be suspected to be the cause of
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his death, except a wound in the right
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wrist. It was upon the inside, that is,
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of the same side as the
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and its
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wards the hand. A Part of the bone of
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the arm was divided and the cut was
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continued into the joint of the wrist.
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while he was living and from what
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we could observe in the dead body, we
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suppose, and believe, that he died of
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a fever which was occasioned by
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Severally taken and
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acknowledged the day
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and year abovesaid before
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