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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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 Joseph Smart, not being of sound Mind
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Memory and Understanding, but Eunatick and Distracted, on the Seventeenth day of August in the Year aforesaid
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at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid a certain Pistol charged with Gum powder and a leadon
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Bullet which he the said
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Joseph Smart
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then and there had and held in his right hand to and against the
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right side men the Billy of him the Said
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did then and there short off and Discharge, by
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means whereof he the said
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did then and there give unto himself with the Leadon Bullet
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aforesaid so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid by the force of the Gum Powder aforesaid in and
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upon the right side near the Belly of him the said
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one mortal
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the breadth of
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half on inch and of the Dypth of Lis inches or more of which said Mortal wound to the said
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then and there in the Space of One Hour Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say that the said
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not being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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Lunatic and Distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did Kill himself. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest
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of the Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the Place
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abovementioned.
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Coroner
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Foreman
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