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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas
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Joseph Swain
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William Stradling
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Richard Beedle
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Henry Beauchamp
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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 Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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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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Samuel Davies
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on the Fourteenth
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day of July in the Year aforesaid, going in the Serpentine River in
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid, there to bath himself
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It so happened that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, he the
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Samuel Davies
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suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he
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the said
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then and there instantly died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Samuel Davies
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Thomas
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and
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the rest of his Fellows, in their presence,have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written.
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