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King when how and by what Means the said James Longmire came to his Death do
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upon their Oath say, That the said James Longmire on the Eighth day of May in the
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Year aforesaid, going into a certain River called the Serpentine River in
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the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, to bath himself; It so
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happened that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune he the said James Longmire
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was in the Waters of the said River then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said
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Longmire in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by
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himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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