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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 er Death, do upon their Oath say
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That the said
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Wife of
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Isaac Foster (suspected to have been lately murthered) on the twenty sixth
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day of April in the year aforesaid at the said Parish of Saint Clement
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Danes within the Liberty and County aforesaid was suffocated and
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strangled by excessive Drinking and not by any Violence a Injury from
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the said Isaac Foster her Husband or any other Person to the Knowledge
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have
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to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and
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Place abovementioned
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David Morris
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