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Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen
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and who being then and there duly sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when,
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how and by what means the said Robert Munrocame to his Death, Do upon their Oath say
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the twentieth day of November in the
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year aforesaid, the said Robert Munro at the said Hospital within the Parish Liberty and County
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aforesaid, with a certain Razor, made of Iron and Steel, which he the said Robert Munro then and there
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had and held in his right Hand, the Throat or Gullet of him the said Robert Munro did then and there
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strike, stab, and penetrate, thereby giving unto himself, with the Razor aforesaid, in and upon the
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Throat or Gullet of him the said Robert Munro, One Mortal Wound, of which said Mortal Wound he
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the said Robert Munro then and there instantly Died; And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid, do say, that the said Robert Munro, not being of sound mind, Memory, and Understanding, but
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lunatick and distracted, in manner and by the means aforesaid, did Kill Himself, In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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of Himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition, set their Hands
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and Seals the Day year and Place first abovementioned
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