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by the Lord Chief Justice Mansfield and was thereupon detained in
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Custody till the Saturday following because the said prosecutor
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could
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not be found to be versed with Notice of Bad thos he this Deponent
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repeatealy desired to knows who he was and where he might be found and
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that on the said Saturday he was carried before Mr. Justice Wilmot to be
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Bailed who was pleased to discharge this Deponent upon Bail And this
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Deponent further saith that during such his said Confinement a person on
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behalf of the said Defedants made several offers that if he this Deponent
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would Relase the said Defendants that Raper should Release him and
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should be immediately discharged without further Trouble which he
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refused to Comply with And the said
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James Reading
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for himself
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saith that he this Deponent hath ever since the said Haviland was so
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Arrested as aforesaid endeavoured by all ways means Searches and
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Inquires he could possibly use or make to know who the said
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John
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was and where he might be found in order that he might be
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served with Notice of Tryal for this present October Session and that
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notwithstanding all such his diligence to this Deponent hath not been
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able to find out the said
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or his place of abide or any
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thing of him And the said
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Robert Carpenter
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for himself saith
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that at the request of the other Deponent Thomas Haviland this Depont
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did apply to the
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who had the said Thomas Haviland so in Custody
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as aforesaid to be informed where the said
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might be found to be
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served with such last mentioned Notice of trial and the said Tipstaff
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declared he never saw nor knew any thin of him but received his Warrant
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from the said Defendant Pauley And Lastly all these Deponents
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Jointly and severally respectively say that they do believe there is not any
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such person as
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upon and that they neither Know or believe there is such a person as
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William Smith
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was
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but that the said Presecution against the
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Deponent Thomas Haviland is set on foot by the contrivance of the said
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Defendants in a false and feigned name to distress the said Haviland and
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exact Releases from him.
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Sworn at
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21st. October 1763
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By the Court
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Waller
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