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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 Richard Verrall came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Richard Verrall not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
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and distracted on the Twenty ninth day of July in the Year
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aforesaid , out of and through a Window in the Lodging Room
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of him the said Richard Verrall, three Stories high, in the
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Dwelling House of
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situate in Frith Street in
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the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesd.
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did cast and throw himself, and falling upon the Iron Rails
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before the House of the said
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It so happened that the
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said Richard Verrall did then and there receive one moral wound
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in and upon his left Thigh and another Wound upon his left Arm,
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</
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>
of which said Mortal Wounds he the said Richard Verrall there
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>
</
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>
languished until the Thirtieth day of the same Month and Year,
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</
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>
and thereof then and there did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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>
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Richard Verrall
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>
not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the Means
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>
</
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>
aforesaid did kill himself. In Witness whereof as well
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</
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>
the said Coroner as the said
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Thomas Kay
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Foreman of the
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>
said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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>
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>
Fellows, in their presence have to this Inquisition set their
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>
</
lb
>
Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place above written
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n
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Tho. Prickard
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>
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Coroner
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p
n
=
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Thos. Key Foreman
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>
</
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