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in the Third-Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great
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Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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Joseph Hornby
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John Underwood
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Adam Nelson
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Samuel Crowther
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William Keith
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, good and Lawfull Men of the said
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Liberty, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said
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Lord the King, when, how and by what means the said
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came to his Death
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Do upon their Oath, say, That the said
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not being of sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the Twenty seventh day of November in
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the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a
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certain Linnen Handkerchief unto a large Leaden Pipe fastened with Hold fasts to the Wall, in
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a Cellar in the dwelling House of William Ludbey, situate and being in the Parish Liberty
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and (County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about four Week, did Six tye and
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Fasten, and therewith did then and there hang, suffocate, and strangle himself; of which said
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Hanging, Suffocation and Strangling He the said
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Christopher Oliphant
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then and there Died
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, de say, that the said
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Christopher
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Oliphant
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did Kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the
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said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
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the Day Year and Place first abovementioned.
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Coroner
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Forman
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