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Nelson
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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 Martha Macarty came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Martha Macarty not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
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distracted, on the Nineteenth day of November in the Year aforesaid
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one End of a certain piece of Linen Tape unto an Iron Hook fasten'd
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into the Window Frame, in the Lodging Room or Apartment of
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the said Martha Macarty in the dwelling House of Mary Farquet,
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situate in being in
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little Suffolk Street
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, in the Parish Liberty and
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County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about her own
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Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there
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hang, suffocate and strangle herself, of which said Hanging
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Suffocation and Strangling she the said Martha Macarty then
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and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say, that the said Martha Macarty, not being of sound Mind
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Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in
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Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Edward Wakelin
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place
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First abovewritten
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