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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
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distracted, on the Third day of January in the Year aforesaid, at
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the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and County aforesaid, to wit,
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there did cast and there himself by
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in the Waters of the said River was
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then and there suffocated and drowned, of which said
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Suffocation and drowning he the said
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upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place above
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