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in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George
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the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
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Faith and so forth before
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John
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Wilks
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Richard Edwards
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John Keat
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Peter Taylor
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Bright
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Hemmings
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William Gibson
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Thomas Warner
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Jonathan Hutchinson
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James Beckett
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King whe
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how, and by what Means the said
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Evan Jones
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came to his Death do upon Their
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Oath say, That a certain Person called by the name of Lieutenant Span late of the
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid on the fifth day of February
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in the said fourth Year of the Reign of our said Lord the King, with Force and Arms at the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid, in and upon the said
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in the
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Peace of God and our said Lord the King then and there being Feloniously did make an Assault,
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And that the said Lieutenant Span a certain Pistol charged and loaded with Gun Powder and a leaden
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Bullet, which he the said Lieutenant Span then and there had and held in his right Hand, to and
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against him the said
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did then and there shoot off and discharge, by Means whereof he the said
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Lieutenant Span feloniously did then and there give unto him the said
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Evan Jones
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with the leaden Bullet
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aforesaid, so as aforesaid shot off and discharged, out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the force of the Gun powder
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aforesaid, under the right Arm of him the said
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Evan Jones
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one Mortal Wound, of the breadth of one Inch
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and of the depth of four Inches, of which said Mortal Wound he the said
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Evan Jones
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from the said fifth day of
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February in the Year aforesaid until the Sixth day of the same Month of February in the same Year at the
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Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live, on which
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said sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid, the said
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Evan Jones
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at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, of the said Mortal Wound did Dye. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say, that the said Lieutenant Span him the said
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Evan Jones
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in manner and form aforesaid , feloniously
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did Kill and Slay, against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity. And that the said Lieutenant
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Span at the time of Committing the Felony and Manslaughter aforesaid, or of any time since had no
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Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements, to the Knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner, as the said
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William Hodson
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, Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the
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rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place first abovewritten
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Wiliam Hodson
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Foreman
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