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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of Wm. Edwd. Da Costa
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That the said
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on the 6th. day of
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August 1776, being Balking in certain River called the
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and near unto the Houses an Millbank in the Pary
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Westmr. it so happened that accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune he the William Edward
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Da Costa in the Waters of the said River was then and there
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suffocated and Drowned of which suffocation and Drowning
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he the said William Edward Da Costa then and there instantly
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Died. And so the Jurors on then Oath say that the said
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William Edward Da Costa in Manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and
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pot otherwise. It Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf of
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himself and the rest of the Jurors has hereunto set his Stand
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this 7th. day of August 1776.
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