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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Pearce
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William Harvey
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James-
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Mackenzie
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John Lyell
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Michael Thackwaite
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James Simmons
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James Adams
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Lawrence Higgins
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Samuel Tabor
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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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Thomas Norman
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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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Thomas Norman
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, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the Twenty-
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-fourth day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, a certain Pistol charged with Gunpowder and aleaden
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Bullet, which he the said
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Thomas Norman
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then and there had and held in
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his Right Hand, into the Mouth of him the said
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Thomas Norman
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did then
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and there shoot off and discharge, by Means whereof he the said
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Thomas Norman
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did then and there give unto himself with the leaden Bullet aforesaid, so
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discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the force of the gunpowder
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aforesaid, in and through the Head of him the said
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Thomas Norman
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and mortal
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lb
>
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>
Wound, of which said mortal Wound he the said
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type
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Thomas Norman
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interp
inst
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then
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lb
>
</
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>
and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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lb
>
</
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>
aforesaid do say, that the said
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rs
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>
Thomas Norman
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type
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"Thomas"
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>
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inst
=
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type
=
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value
=
"Norman"
>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65211_n764-23"
type
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value
=
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>
</
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>
, not being of sound Mind
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted in Manner and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof as
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
well the said Coroner, as the said
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rs
type
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id
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George Heming
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>
Foreman of the said
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lb
>
</
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>
Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in the their
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lb
>
</
lb
>
presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Day Year and Place first above written
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>
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p
n
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>
Tho Prickard
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=
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>
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>
Coroner
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>
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>
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=
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>
Geo Heming
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=
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>
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inst
=
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interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
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>
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Foreman
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p
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