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came to her death say upon their oath that the said
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and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the first day of July in the year aforesaid one
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Stevens did then and there hang strangle and suffocate herself of which said hanging strangling
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and suffocation she the said
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upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill herself
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It Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above
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