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<p n="750"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo761">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo762">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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.}<lb></lb>
to wit.</note>
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<p n="751">An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at The Parish of Saint George <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo763">Hanover Square</rs>
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<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo764">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo765">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the twenty eighth day of April in the twenty eighth<lb></lb>
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of<lb></lb>
Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Prickard</rs>
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, Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the Said City and Liberty, on<lb></lb>
View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-2">George Young</rs>
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then and there lying dead, upon<lb></lb>
the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-3">Simon Leise</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-4">William Abbott</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-5">William Lee</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-6">Richard<lb></lb>
Collins</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-7">William Carr</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-8">David Willis</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-9">James Willis</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-10">Thomas<lb></lb>
Bennett</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-11">George Mitchell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-12">Edward Dawson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-13">John Hanson</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-14">George Crosly</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-15">Christopher Smithwaite</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-16">James Senior</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-17">Andrew<lb></lb>
Bath</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-18">Thomas Woodhead</rs>
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly<lb></lb>
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the<lb></lb>
King, when, how, and by what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-19">George Young</rs>
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came to <lb></lb>
h is Death, do upon their Oath say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-20">George Young</rs>
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not being<lb></lb>
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick &<lb></lb>
Distracted on the said twenty eighth day of April in the Year<lb></lb>
aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and<lb></lb>
County aforesaid a certain Pistol loaded with Gun powder and<lb></lb>
a leaden Bullet which he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-21">George Young</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
had in his hand to and against the Head of him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-22">George<lb></lb>
Young</rs>
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did shoot off and discharge thereby then and there giving<lb></lb>
unto himself with the leaden Bullet aforesaid so discharged<lb></lb>
and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid by the Force of the Gun<lb></lb>
powder aforesaid in and upon the fore part of the Head of him<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-23">george Young</rs>
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one mortal Wound of the Breadth of one<lb></lb>
Inch and of the Depth of Five Inches of which said mortal<lb></lb>
Wound he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-24">George Young</rs>
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then and there instantly died<lb></lb>
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n751-25">george Young</rs>
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not being of sound Mind Memory and<lb></lb>
Understanding in manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself<lb></lb>
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said<lb></lb>
Simon life Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of<lb></lb>
himself and the rest of his Fellows in their Presence have to this<lb></lb>
Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and<lb></lb>
Place abovementioned.</p>
<p n="752"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n752-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65228_occ291">Coroner</rs>
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<p n="753"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n753-1">Simon Leife</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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