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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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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 That the said
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on the thirtieth day of
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June in the Year aforesaid, went to see a certain Porcupine Bear and other
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in Nags Head Yard in the Parish of Saint James within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, and the said
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being in Liquor, went near unto the place
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where the said Porcupine Boar was chained, whereupon the said Porcupine Board
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did then and there bite the left leg of him the said
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whereof the said
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then and there Received a very large and Mortal
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Wound in and upon the said left leg, of which said Mortal Wound he the
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from the said thirteenth day of June in the Year aforesaid,
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until the first day of August in the same Year, at the said Parish of Saint
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George
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish
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and languishing did live, on which said first day of August in the Year
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Liberty and County aforesaid, he the said
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of the mortal Wound aforesaid
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did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid, came to his Death and
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>
</
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not otherwise. And that the said Porcupine Boar by the bite aforesaid caused
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the Death of the said
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James Grant
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, and is the Property and in the Possession
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of a Person or Person to the Jurors aforesaid unknown.
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner
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, as the said
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John
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Walker
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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lb
>
</
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Fellows, in their Presence have to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals the
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lb
>
</
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>
Day Year and Place abovementioned.
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>
Tho. Prichard
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Coroner
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Jno. Walker
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>
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Foreman
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>
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