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maketh Oath that on the first day of January last he had his pockett
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to have Committed such offence this Deponent Caused him to be
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apprehended and Charged in Custody of a Constable or peace officer who
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on the next day Carryed him before the Rt. Honble. the Lord Mayor in
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order to be Examined touching the Same when and where this Deponent
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appeared and Entred into a Recognizance of ten pounds to prosecute the
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said Beal at the then next Ensuing Sessions at the
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the said Beal was Committed to
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Inquiring when the said Sessions would be held was Informed by the said
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, that it would not be untill the then Wednesday Fortnight
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which Information this Deponent relying on to be true did not appear
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at the said Sessions in due time by which meanes the said Beal was
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Discharged for want of prosecution and this Deponents Recognizance
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become for fected as he hath since head and beleives And, this Deponent
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further Saith that he would have appeared and prosecuted the said
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Beal in due him had it not been from the Information he so
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received from the said Constable which he hath now Discovered
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to be a Mistake for that the said Sessions happened a week Sooner
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than the time mentioned to this Deponent by the said Constable and Lastly this
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Deponent Saith that the neglect of prosecuting the said Beal was occasioned
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merely from the wrong Information above mentioned and from no other Cause
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Wednesday the
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By the Court
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