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7th. August 1776.
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Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of
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That the said Charles on the 4th. day of August 1776
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going into the
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near to Somerset Stairs with
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an intent to Bathe himself it so happened that accidentaly
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Casually and by Misfortune he the said
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was
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in the waters of the said River then and there suffocated
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and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he
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the said Charles Green then and there instantly Died. And
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so the Jurors or their Oath say that the said Charles
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Green in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally
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casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf
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of Himself and the rest of the said Jurors has hereunto set
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his Hand this 7th. day of August 1776.
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