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King, at the House of
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in the thirty eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
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Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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what Means the said
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came to h is Death, do upon
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on the twenty sixth day
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of March in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid
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with a certain Pen Knife made of Iron and Steel which he the said
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so delirious & out of his Mind as aforesaid with the
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in and upon his Carotic Artery one mortal wound one which said
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Mortal Wound he the said
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aforesaid being delirious and out of his Mind as aforesaid
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself.
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the Jurors, have to this Inqusition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
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lb
>
</
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rs
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Charles Hayward
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>
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>
Jas Ingram
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p
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>
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lb
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lb
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lb
>
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lb
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