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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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 Carpenter, on the thirtieth day of August in the year aforesaid,
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being at Work in the Dwelling House of Messrs. Stanger and
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Griffin situate in
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and there standing
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with one Foot upon a Copper and the other upon a Bracket against
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the Wall of the said House. It so happened that the said
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down across the back of a Chair, and thereby received a mortal
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bruise upon and near unto his private parts, of which said
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mortal Bruise the the said
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at the said
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Parish of St. Margaret within the Liberty and County aforesaid,
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from the said thirtieth day of August in the year aforesaid, until
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the seventh day of September in the same year, did languish
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and languishing did live, on which said seventh day of September
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in the year aforesaid, he the said
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at the
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Parish last mentioned of the mortal Bruise aforesaid did die.
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And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say
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in manner and by the
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means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came
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to his Death and not otherwiseIn Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of
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