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maketh Oath and saith that
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parish Officers of said parish to examine the Body of a
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Male Child Lying in the Bonehouse of said parish
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That he did accordingly this Morning examine said Male
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of opinion that it is an abortion, either natural or procured
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it deficiency in size, want of Hails, and the bones of the
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head not sufficiently assisted strong them his opinion
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That its growth appears about Seven Months nevertheless
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a Child of seven Months grow them eight have been born
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above, tho' a continuation of Life in general precluded This
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cannot be ascertained on account of puts refaction That
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he did not try the experiment of trying the
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on account of the putrefaction that had taken place which
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rendered the experiment needless. All that can be
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gathered is from the Navel String or umbilical Cord
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from which if the Child has been destroyed it could
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not have been by drowning as it would have bled to
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was found, the Navel string having never been pressed
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