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Mc. Cormick for the Felony and Robbery aforesaid And the Jurors aforesaid now here
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the said Justices of our said Lon the King above named and others their fellows Justices
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said Sarah Mc. Cormick and she the said
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at and upon the said Trial
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should give between our said Lord the King and
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the said Sarah Mc. Cormick should be the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the
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truth (the said Justices then and there having lawfull and competent Authority to
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in that behalf) And the Juror's aforesaid
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now here sworn and Charged to inquire as aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid further
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being so Sworn was then and there in open
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Court aforesaid at and upon the said Trial asked and Examined upon her said Oath
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whether her Husband (meaning the said
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his said Dwelling House in the Evening of the said Eighteenth day of August in
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the Twenty Seventh year aforesaid) while the Man (meaning the said
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was Standing crying at the Door (meaning the outer door of the said House) And
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the Jurors aforesaid now here sworn and charged to inquire as aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid further present that the said
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being so Sworn and
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not having the fear of God before her Eyes but being moved and Seduced by the
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instigation of the Devil and having no regard for the laws and Statutes of this
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Realm not fearing the punishments therein contained and unlawfully
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Wickedly maliciously and deliberately devising contriving and intending to present
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the due Course of Law and Justice and to Cause and procure the said Sarah
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Mc. Cormick to be Untruly acquitted of the felony and Roberry Charged Upon
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her in and by the Indictment aforesaid on the said Twelfth day of September in the Twenty
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Seventh Year aforesaid at
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aforesaid at the said Session before the said Justices at and upon the said Trial
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falsely maliciously knowingly wickedly wilfully and Corruptly upon her said Oath
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so taken as aforesaid did answer say depose Swear and give in Evidence to the Jurors
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of the said Jury of the Country so as aforesaid duly taken and Sworn between our said
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Lord the King, and the said Sarah Mc. Cormick in Substance and to the Effect following
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(that is to say) No (meaning that in the Evening of the said Eighteenth day of August
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in the Twenty Seventh Year aforesaid the said
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said House) he came in soon after he Charged the Woman with the Watchman (meaning that
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in the Evening of the said Eighteenth day of August in the Twenty Seventh Year aforesaid
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he the said
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