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came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said
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along The Things Highway in the Parish and County aforesaid And being Standing
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on The Shafts of the said Waggon It so happened That he the said
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then and there accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell between the sd Shafts
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to the Ground And the Near Hind Wheel of the said Waggon Did then and there
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passusion and over the Head of him the said
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then and there Died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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in Manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death And That the said near
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Hind wheel of the said Waggon was the cause of the Death of the said
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of Langley widow or of her assigns
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In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said
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the Foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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