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<p n="130">The King<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n130-1">William Powell</rs>
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on the Prosecution of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n130-2">Stanley Crowders</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for Felony</p>
<p n="131"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-1">Stanley Crowder</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15085_geo73">Pater noster Row</rs>
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London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15085_occ29">Bookseller</rs>
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maketh Oath and<lb></lb>
Saith that <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-2">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15085_geo74">Ratcliff Highway</rs>
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<lb></lb>
is a very material Witness against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-3">William Powell</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
without whose Testimony this Deponent (who is the Prosecutor) cannot<lb></lb>
Possibly convict the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-4">William Powell</rs>
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and this Deponent<lb></lb>
upon his Oath further Saith that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-5">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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attended<lb></lb>
at Justice Hall last Thursday before the Grand Inquest but<lb></lb>
was obliged to go home being very illthat this Deponent<lb></lb>
upon receiving a Letter from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-6">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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that he<lb></lb>
was ill in bed with a fever and sore throat went<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
yesterday to<lb></lb>
his House where he found the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-7">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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in Bed<lb></lb>
with a violent fever and sore throat as this Deponent was<lb></lb>
informed then by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-8">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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and verily believes<lb></lb>
and this Deponent further Saith that he verily believes that the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15085_n131-9">Robert Sturgeon</rs>
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cannot attend the Trial of the said William<lb></lb>
Powell this Session without great risk of losing his wife</p>
<p n="132">Sworn as Justice Hall in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15085_geo75">Old Bailey</rs>
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the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15085_date20">19th. day<lb></lb>
of April 1774</rs>
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<p n="133">By the Court</p>
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