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Robert Turnbull
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Year aforesaid at the Parish of
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Milbank near to the
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to a certain Dock belonging to Mr.
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Back it so happened that in walking along the said Plank his Feet slipped by reason whereof he the said
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then and there receive One Mortal Fracture on the Right Leg of him the said
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to the Thirty first day of the same Month in the Year aforesaid on which said Thirty first day of July in the Year aforesaid at
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the Hospital aforesaid he the said
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of the said Mortal Fracture and of a Fever occasioned thereby did Dye. And
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to the Jurors aforesaid on their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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James Porter
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
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accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise, and that the said Lack of Coals was moving
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to the Death of the said
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James Porter
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and is of the Value of One Shilling but whose Property the said Sack of Coals were
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does not appear to the Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf
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of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the
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Place first above mentioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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.
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Willim Ilis
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Foreman
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