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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say at the<lb></lb>
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by Saint<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Paul in the Ward of Castle Baynard on the fifth day of February<lb></lb>
in the thirty fourth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain<lb></lb>
France and Ireland King defender of the faith and so forth before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-3">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo254">City of London</rs>
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on view of the<lb></lb>
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now here lying dead by the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-5">Thomas Anderson</rs>
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who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when<lb></lb>
how and in what manner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-15">Benjamin Pingus</rs>
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came to his death say upon their Oath<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-16">Benjamin Pingus</rs>
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being going to a certain place of publick amusement known by the name of the little Theatre in the<lb></lb>
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situate in the parish of Saint Martin in the field in the fields in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo258">County of Middlesex</rs>
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And the saw<lb></lb>
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leading to the pit of the said playhouse<lb></lb>
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and divers of the said other persons<lb></lb>
accidentally casually and by misfortune fell down a flight of steps in the said passage upon one another by<lb></lb>
means where of and by the excessive heat and pressure the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-19">Benjamin Pingus</rs>
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was then and there<lb></lb>
suffocated and smothered of which said suffocation and smothering the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-20">Benjamin Pingus</rs>
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did then<lb></lb>
and there die And so the Jurous aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid oto say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-21">Benjamin Pingus</rs>
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in manner and by the means aforesaid come to his death and not otherwise. In Witness<lb></lb>
where of as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n284-22">Thomas Anderson</rs>
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the foreman of the said Jurous on<lb></lb>
behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hand<lb></lb>
and seals the day year and place first above written.</p>
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