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in the thirty sudh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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then and there
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received olivers Mortal Bruises on his Body servant of his Rits
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being broken and
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then and there instantly died: And so the Jurors
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid
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accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his
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Death and not otherwise
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inqusition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
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