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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Price
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John
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Robinson
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Thomas Skelton
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George Godwin
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George Maddock
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Bailey
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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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John Boon
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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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John Boon
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(suspected to
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have been murdered) on the second day of September in the Year
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aforesaid died suddenly in a certain Street called
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in the said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid by the Visitation of God in a
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natural way and that he came not to his Death by any violent
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means or manner whatsoever to the Knowledge of the said Jurors
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In Witness where of aswell the
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said Coroner as the said
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William Clifton
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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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Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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Coroner
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Foreman
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