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Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
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came to his
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on the thirty first day of December
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in the year aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune fell into the River of
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Thomas there situate and in and with the Waters of the said river was then and
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there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning the said John
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Strickland did then and there die.And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath
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aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally 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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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have
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