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<p n="1560"> <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65213_date299">30th, July 1773</rs>
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<p n="1561">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1561-1">Elizabeth Cooper</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1561-2">Elizabeth Cooper</rs>
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not being Sound Mind Memory<lb></lb>
and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted on the 29th. day of<lb></lb>
July 1773, at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1235">Parish of St. James in the Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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one end of a certain peice of Cord unto an Leon Staple fastened<lb></lb>
into the Ceiling in the Back Kitchen Room on Apartment of the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1561-3">Elizabeth Cooper</rs>
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in a House situate in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1236">little Peter Street</rs>
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in the said Parish and Liberty and the other end thereof about<lb></lb>
her own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then<lb></lb>
and there hang suffocate and strangle herself of which said<lb></lb>
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling, she the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1561-4">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Cooper</rs>
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then and there Died. And so the Jurors on their Oath<lb></lb>
say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1561-5">Elizabeth Cooper</rs>
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not being of Sound Mind<lb></lb>
Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted in<lb></lb>
Manner and by the Means aforesaid did Kite herself. In<lb></lb>
Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf of himself and the<lb></lb>
rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his Hand they 30th, day of<lb></lb>
July 1773</p>
<p n="1562"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1562-99">Walter Strafford</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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