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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Elworth
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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 Joseph Fearnside came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Joseph Fearnside on the
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Fifteenth day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, to Wit, at the Bottom of Salisbury Street,
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going into the
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, there to bath himself, It so happened
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that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, he the said Joseph Fearnside
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was in the Waters of the said River then and there suffocated and Drowned;
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of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said Joseph Fearnside then
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and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said Joseph Fearnside in Manner and by thea
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Means aforesaid accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to
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his Death and not otherwise. In Witness where was well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have
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to his Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place
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first above written
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