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George Pressey
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James Sedgwick
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James Midwinter
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Henry Hill
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and
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Michael Lejeune
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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 Male Child came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twentieth day of August
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in the Year aforesaid a certain Woman unknown did bring
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forth the said Male Child alive, And that on the same Day and
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Year a certain Person or Persons to the Jurors aforesaid as
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Yet unknown with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon the said
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male Infant Child, in the Peace of God and our said Lord the
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King then and there being feloniously willfully and of his
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her or their Malice afore though did make an Assault, And
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that the said
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aforesaid
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unknown, feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice
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aforethought, the Neck of the said Male Infant Child did then and
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there Dislocate, of which said Dislocation he the said Male Child
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then and there instantly died. And that the said Person or Persons
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unknown of his her or their Malice aforethought the Male
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child Aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid did then and
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there Kill and Murder against the Peace of our said Lord
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the King his Crown and Dignity
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner
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, as the said
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Foreman of the said
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Jurors, in their Presence, have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place First
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abovewritten
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