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<p n="372">entirely, and for no other Cause whatsoever, than that he did not<lb></lb>
expect the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n372-1">William Brooks</rs>
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would so soon have been<lb></lb>
called upon his Trial, and that he this Deponent would<lb></lb>
have been in time, when he returned from Dinner to appear<lb></lb>
and give Evidence against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n372-2">William Brooks</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
Felony aforesaid</p>
<p n="373">And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n373-1">Jonathan Wilkins</rs>
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and John<lb></lb>
Fairweather for themselves severally say, that they appeared<lb></lb>
before the Grand Jury upon the Bill of Indictment preferred<lb></lb>
against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n373-2">William Brooks</rs>
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for the Felony aforesaid<lb></lb>
and were waiting at Four Kings Alehouse in the Old<lb></lb>
Bailey to have some Refreshment at the time the Trial<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n373-3">William Brooks</rs>
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was called on, and that<lb></lb>
the only reason of their not being in Cout, was, through<lb></lb>
the Information they received, and which they verily<lb></lb>
believed to be true, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n373-4">William<del>Robert</del>
Brook</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was not likely to be tried in two or three hours at<lb></lb>
least And these Deponents Further sayth, that they<lb></lb>
did not absent themselves from giving Evidence against<lb></lb>
the said<obscured></obscured>
his Trial but of any<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Fear, Favour or Affection or Hope of Reward, but<lb></lb>
on Account of believing, that they could safely go and<lb></lb>
have some Refreshment, and that their return to the<lb></lb>
Court in an hour would be in sufficient time to appear<lb></lb>
on the Trial of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n373-5">William Brooks</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="374">Sworn in Court this <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15093_date47">5th<lb></lb>
day of July 1782</rs>
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<del>before</del>
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<p n="375"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n375-1">Wm. Gough</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n375-2">Jona Wilkins</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n375-3">John Fairweather</rs>
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</p>
<p n="376">By the Court</p>
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