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the County aforesaid in and upon the said Male Infant Child in the Peace of God and our said
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unknow,
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then and there feloniously wilfully and of his her
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the said Male Child did Choak and Strangle, of which said Choaking and Strangling the said Male
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of his her or their Malice forethought the Male Child aforesaid in manner and form
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