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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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the oath of
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Cooper
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Thomas Hutchinson
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James Kiley
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Lewis
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Richards
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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John Hawkins
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on the thirteenth
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in
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid there to Bathe himself and
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being a Person subject to fits It so happened that Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune he the said
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suffocation and Drowning he the said
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then and
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there instantly died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath
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aforesaid do say that the said
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John Hawkins
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in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came
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to his Death and not otherwise
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Coroner as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellow in their
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Presence have to this Inquisition at their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and Place abovementioned
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