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King at the Parish of Saint George
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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John
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say
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That the said
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John Hayes
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on the
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Nineteenth day of June in the Year aforesaid going into the River
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at Chelsea Bridge in the Parish aforesaid in the Liberty and
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County aforesaid there to bath himself. It so happened that
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accidentally Casuallly and By misfortune. He the said
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John
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was in the Water of the said River then and there
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Suffocated and drowned, of which said Suffocation and drowning
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He the said
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then and there dyed. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally
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casually and by Misfortune came by his Death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf
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of himself and the Rest of his Fellows, in their Prensence;
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the
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Day Year and Place above written
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