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<p n="135"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City and Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo175">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo176">County of Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit.</note>
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An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo177">Parish of St. George</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter<lb></lb>
of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo179">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo180">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65204_date39">Eighth<lb></lb>
Day of February</rs>
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in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George<lb></lb>
the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the<lb></lb>
Faith and so forth before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King<lb></lb>
for the said City and Liberty on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-2">Evan Jones</rs>
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and there lying<lb></lb>
Dead, upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-3">William Hodson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-4">John Hall</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-5">Benjamin Carter</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-27">Richard Okes</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-6">John<lb></lb>
Wilks</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-7">William Miles</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-8">James Frith</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-9">Richard Edwards</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-10">John Keat</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-11">Peter Taylor</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-12">Bright<lb></lb>
Hemmings</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-13">William Gibson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-14">Thomas Warner</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-28">Jonathan Hutchinson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-15">James Beckett</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-16">William Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-17">John Worrall</rs>
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty, duly<lb></lb>
chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King whe<obscured></obscured>
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how, and by what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-18">Evan Jones</rs>
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came to his Death do upon Their<lb></lb>
Oath say, That a certain Person called by the name of Lieutenant Span late of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo181">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid on the fifth day of February<lb></lb>
in the said fourth Year of the Reign of our said Lord the King, with Force and Arms at the Parish<lb></lb>
aforesaid within the Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid, in and upon the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-19">Evan Jones</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Peace of God and our said Lord the King then and there being Feloniously did make an Assault,<lb></lb>
And that the said Lieutenant Span a certain Pistol charged and loaded with Gun Powder and a leaden<lb></lb>
Bullet, which he the said Lieutenant Span then and there had and held in his right Hand, to and<lb></lb>
against him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-20">Evan Jones</rs>
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did then and there shoot off and discharge, by Means whereof he the said<lb></lb>
Lieutenant Span feloniously did then and there give unto him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-21">Evan Jones</rs>
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with the leaden Bullet<lb></lb>
aforesaid, so as aforesaid shot off and discharged, out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the force of the Gun powder<lb></lb>
aforesaid, under the right Arm of him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-22">Evan Jones</rs>
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one Mortal Wound, of the breadth of one Inch<lb></lb>
and of the depth of four Inches, of which said Mortal Wound he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-23">Evan Jones</rs>
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from the said fifth day of<lb></lb>
February in the Year aforesaid until the Sixth day of the same Month of February in the same Year at the<lb></lb>
Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live, on which<lb></lb>
said sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid, the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-24">Evan Jones</rs>
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at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty<lb></lb>
and County aforesaid, of the said Mortal Wound did Dye. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid<lb></lb>
do say, that the said Lieutenant Span him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-25">Evan Jones</rs>
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in manner and form aforesaid , feloniously<lb></lb>
did Kill and Slay, against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity. And that the said Lieutenant<lb></lb>
Span at the time of Committing the Felony and Manslaughter aforesaid, or of any time since had no<lb></lb>
Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements, to the Knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well<lb></lb>
the said Coroner, as the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n135-26">William Hodson</rs>
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, Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the<lb></lb>
rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place first abovewritten</p>
<p n="136"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n136-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ58">Coroner</rs>
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<p n="137"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n137-1">Wiliam Hodson</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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