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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of Faith
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and so forth before
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an Infant then and there
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William Pepking
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chose
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who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King
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when how,and by what Means the said
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came to his Death do upon
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their Oath say. That on the Second day of April in the Year aforesaid, one
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called a Truck, loaded with a piece of Timber, and drawn by three Horses, in a certain Street or Highway called
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Warwick Street, and being on the right side of his Horses, with a Rope called the Leader in his hand, and
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then and there turning the Corner out of the said Street or Highway into Beet Street, in the said
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by him, It so happened that the foremost End of the said piece of Timber then and there Accidentally
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did then and there receive one Mortal Fracture on the said right said of his
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Head, of which said Mortal Fracture he the said
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John Griffiths
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then and there instantly died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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John Griffiths
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in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise.
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And that the said piece of Timber was the Cause of the Death of the said
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John Griffiths
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, and is of the
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Value of twelve Shillings, and the Property and in the Possession of
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Mason Cornish
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of little
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Marlborough Street in the said
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Parish of St. James
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Carpenter, or of his Assigns. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Thomas Willdon
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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.
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Thos Willdon
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Foreman
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