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<p n="974">7th. August 1776.</p>
<p n="975">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n975-1">Charles Green</rs>
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That the said Charles on the 4th. day of August 1776<lb></lb>
going into the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1060">River Thames</rs>
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near to Somerset Stairs with<lb></lb>
an intent to Bathe himself it so happened that accidentaly<lb></lb>
Casually and by Misfortune he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n975-2">Charles Green</rs>
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was<lb></lb>
in the waters of the said River then and there suffocated<lb></lb>
and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he<lb></lb>
the said Charles Green then and there instantly Died. And<lb></lb>
so the Jurors or their Oath say that the said Charles<lb></lb>
Green in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally<lb></lb>
casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not<lb></lb>
otherwise. In Witness whereof the Foreman on behalf<lb></lb>
of Himself and the rest of the said Jurors has hereunto set<lb></lb>
his Hand this 7th. day of August 1776.</p>
<p n="976"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n976-1">Jas Morris</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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