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, good and lawfull 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 Eleanor Dutton came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Eleanor Dutton, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
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the First day of November in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, with a certain Knife, made of Iron and Steel,
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which she the said Eleanor Dutton then and there had and held in her Right
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Hand, the Throat or Gullet of her the said Eleanor Dutton did then and there
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strike stab and penetrate, thereby then and there giving unto herself,
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with the Knife aforesaid, in and upon the Throat or Gullet of her the
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said Eleanor Dutton one mortal Wound, of the Length of three Inches,
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and of the Depth of one Inch, of which said mortal Wound she the
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said Eleanor Dutton from the said First day of November in the Year aforesaid,
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until the Third day of the same Month and Year, at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live, on
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which said Third day of November aforesaid, at the Parish Liberty and
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County aforesaid, she the said Eleanor Dutton of the mortal Wound aforesaid
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did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that
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the said Eleanor Dutton, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding,
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but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the Means of aforesaid, did
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kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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