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did then and there hang
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strangle and suffocate himself Of which said hanging strangling and suffocation he the said
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James Harris
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did then and there
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die and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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James Harris
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not being of sound mind memory
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and understanding but lunatic and distracted did then and there hang and kill himself In Witnesses whereof as well the said
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as the said James Dalegal the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day a year and place first above written
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James Dalegal
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