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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at The
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, the fourteenth day of April in the twenty fifth
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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then and there lying dead, upon
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William Sellman
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George Prossey
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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
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Richard Coulthard
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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luantick and distracted, on the said fourteenth day of April
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in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid with a certain Razor made of
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Iron and Steel which he the said
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Richard Coulthard
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then
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and there had and held in his Right Hand the Throat or Gullet
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of him the said
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Richard Coulthard
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did then and there strike
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stab and penetrate, thereby then and there giving unto
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himself with the Razor aforesaid in and upon the Throat
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or Gullet of him the said Richard Coulthatd one mortal Wound
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of the length of three Inches and of the depth of one Inch, of which
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said Mortal Wound he the said
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Richard Coulthard
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then and there
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instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, That the said
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself
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In Witness whereof as well said Coroner as the said
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Moses
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Lany
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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abovewritten
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Moses Lany
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