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@samuel_humphrey -> member of -> @jury_of_augustaDerby May 4th 1735 We the subscribers being a jury of Inquest summoned by the Constable & under restriction of a solemn oath of jury of Inquest provided by law of this Colony to settle upon & search, or tryal of the sudden & violent death of Peter Sank, alias Hoase an Indian fellow, whom we find very lately to be shot thro'g body by a large bullet which went in at his back parts near his ribs & went as we judge thro' the trunk of his body & to skin on the contrary side which we judge was occasion of his sudden & violent death. Francis French John Davis Micah Benman Joseph Johnston Thomas Bassett Daniel Fuller Sam. Plum Ebenzer Catfield Nathaniel Worster Silvester Worcester Nathan Davis Samuel Humphrey
The Jury of Augusta's verdict on the sudden death of Peter Sunk the Indian 1735
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