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then and there lying dead, upon
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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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a Painter on
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the said Sixth day of October in the Year aforesaid, being at Work and
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standing upon a Ladder in a certain Hall or Passage adjoining to the
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New-
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in the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid, It so happened that the said Ladder slipped, and that
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the said Francis Sanders then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell off and from the top of the said Ladder upon the stone
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Pavement in the said Hall, and thereby then and there did receive a mortal
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Concussion in and upon the Brain of him the said Francis Sanders
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of which said mortal Concussion he the said Francis Sanders then and
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there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do
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say, That he said Francis Sanders in manner and by the means
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aforesaid, Accidentally, Casually, and by Misfortune came to his Death
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And not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf
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of himself and the Rest of his Fellows in their Presence have to this Inquisition
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set their hands and Seals, the Day, Year and Place, above
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mentioned.
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