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George
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Richard Herring
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Joseph Ashmore
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George King
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being then and there duly
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Sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when, how and by what
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means the said James EdmeadCame to his Death, do upon their Oath says
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That the said James Edmead, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but
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lunatick and distracted, on the Second day of March in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish
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aforesaid within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, with a certain Clasp Knife, made
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of Iron and Steel, which he the said James Edmead then and there had and held in
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his Right Hand, the Throat or Gullet of him the said James Edmead did then and there strike
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stab and penetrate, thereby, then and there giving unto himself the said James Edmead,
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with the Razor aforesaid, in and upon the Throat or Gullet of him the said James Edmead, one
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mortal Wound he the Length of three Inches, and of the Depth of one Inch, of which said
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mortal Wound he the said James Edmead then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that the said James Edmead, not being of sound
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Mind, Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by
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the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said
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and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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