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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 William Whitcome came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Whitcome of the Age of Eighteen
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Months on the Twenty third day of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid to wit at a certain Place called the
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there, being
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Playing in the said Walk, it to happened that he the said William Whitcome accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune fell into a certain Ditch or peice of Water running a long
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the said Walk and in the Waters thereof was then and there suffocated and Drowned, of
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which said Suffocation and
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the said William Whitcome then and there
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instantly Died. And to the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
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said William Whitcome in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually
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and by Misfortune come to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the
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rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and at the Place abovementioned.
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