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maketh Oath and Saith that on going Home
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two of the Beadles were present, and
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the Constable
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came inthat this Examt. continued
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there till near four oClock in the Morning
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that during each time it was several
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times mentioned publickly, that a
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drunken Man was confined below
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Stairs, that this Examt. asked sd Richard
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whether there was any Charge against
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the Drunken Man, to which Richard
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Surgeon
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being Sworn and Examined
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at the time and place last abovementioned
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maketh Oath and Saith that on Saturday
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last He this Examinant attended; the
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opening the Body of
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the
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deceasedthat upon examining the Stomach
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of the said deceased it appeared to this
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Examinant that Hard Drinking and
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Want of proper Nutriment were the
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Primary Causes of his Death, but
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that the same was accelerated by the
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