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December 1777
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10th. day of November One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven
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NB if You do not attend this Summons the Magistrate will issue
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a Warrant for Contempt
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and that Mr. Green not having obeyed the Summons he had been
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arrested by virtue of the following Warrant Vizt.
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City & Liberty
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To all Constables and other his Majesty's
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for the said County City and
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Liberty whom these may Concern especially to
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These are in his Majestys name to Command You and every of You
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upon Sight hereof to take and bring before me one of his Majestys
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Justices of the
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for the said County City and Liberty the Body of
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William Green
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and the Driver of his dray No.2258 of whom you shall have notice to
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answer to all such matters and things as on his Majestys behalf are on
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Oath objected against them by
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for unlawfully riding on
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a Cart the property of the said
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on the first day of this
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Instant in the
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not having any person on foot or
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horseback or reins to guide the Horse and for contemptunously disobeying
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Majestracy in not attending a legal Summons served on them to answer
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the said Complaint agt the State Etc.-Hereof fail not at Your peril Given
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under my hand and Seal this 18th. day of November in the Year of our
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Lord 1777
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I Acknowledge this to be a true Copy of the Original Warrant
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As Witness my hand this 20th. day of November 1777
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Discharged upon Bail
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20 Novr. 1777
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's the Chairman of the Session
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also laid before the Court the following Summons Vizt.
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