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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Mary Austin
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John Hunt
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Wankline
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Robert Hogg
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David
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Evans
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Francis Delaballe
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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Mary Austin
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Mary Austin
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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on the said Twenty sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid,
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from and out of a certain Garret Window, then and there being
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in the Dwelling House of her the said
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Mary Austin
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, to the Ground, did violently cast and throw himself, to and
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against the Stone Pavement in the said Street; by Means of which
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said casting and throwing she the said
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Mary Austin
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did then and
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there receive divers mortal Bruises and Fractures in and upon
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the Back, Breast and Sides of her the said
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Mary Austin
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which said mortal Bruises and Fractures she the said
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Mary
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then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
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distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill herself.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Benjamin
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the
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rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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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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Benj.
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Wood
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Foreman.
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