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That the Defendant in this prosecution having been only taken and
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apprehended on this prosecution on or about the twenty sixth day
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of November last past (and now in custody in
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the only Pr
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Witness on behalf of the said Prosecutrix in this Prosecution and on
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whose Evidence chiefly the Bill of Indictment was found against
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the said Defendant in the above Prosecution (as this Deponant
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hath been credibly informed and verily believes She the said
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was persuaded and prevailed upon on
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the very day the said Defendant was taken up and apprehend-
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ed on this Indictment (through the mitigation of the said Defraud
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and his a Shorcuts) wilfully to abscond and go out of the way
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lyand on purpose to give the said Defendant are opportunity of
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Escaping from this Prosecution, for want of having the benefit of
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her Evidence and Testimony (as She the said
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himself informed her this Deponent on the very day She so
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absconded and which She this Deponant verily believes to
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true) And this Deponant further Saith That the said Defendant
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hath been formerly Convicted of a Capital Offence in this Honourable Court
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and afterwards obtained his late Majesty's next gracious Pardose, upon Constable
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of his being Transported per for fourteen Years; which accordingly he was and
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returned back again from thence before the expiration of his Time (as many
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of this Deponants' particular acquaintance can hearby make appear, and
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as She this Deponents' herself verily believes to be true) And this Deponant
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further Saith That he the said Defendant in the Year One thousands fur
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hundred and fifty eight in this Honourable Court Convicted two of his
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Accomplices of Felony; and does now belong to a so soon cause & now raise
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gang of Thieves and Robbers (as this Deponent hath been informed
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verily believes) who now supply him with the means to pursue and
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methods of defeating all Crimmiland Capital Prosecution that
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he carried on or commenceal against him; and by the strength of
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hath now sought the means of childing that Justice Law to his Crimes and
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of
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upon this Honourable Court to screen himself from Justice
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And Lastly She this Deponent Saith That She is sum that if this
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Honourable Court shou'd be pleasant to put off the said Defendants Fryal
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on this Prosecution until the next
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General Quarter Sessions in next
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January Thatas against that time,
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that lawfull means may be and to being the said
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out
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of the County (from whom She now is) in order then to be produced as the
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for in up at Witness to Support the Indictment as Said in this Prosecution
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Sworn in Court
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