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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint George
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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 Woman unknown came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Woman unknow on
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the second day of October in the Year aforesaid was found Drowned
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and suffocated in a certain Ditch full of water on the south side of the
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid that no marks
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of violence appeared on the Body but how or by what
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means the said woman unknown became Drowned and
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suffocated no Evidence there of doth appear to the Jurors.
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In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner as the said
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Foreman of the
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said Jurors on the behalf of himself an 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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