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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Joseph
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Skinner
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James Greeson
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Joseph
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Kimberley
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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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Sarah Knight
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Sarah Knight
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted,
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on the Eleventh day of September in the Year aforesaid, one End
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of a certain Piece of Silk Ribband unto an Iron Bar in the Door
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of the Watch house of the Said Parish of
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(wherein
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she the said
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Sarah Knight
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Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, and the other End thereof
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about her own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then
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and there Hang Suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said
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Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said
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Sarah Knight
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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on their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did Hang herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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James Brown
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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