Middlesex Sessions:
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October 1770

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It you should of Opinion that Mr. Waller or Mr. Butler ought to return
the Estreat Can Mr. Jefferson excuse himself therefrom by quitting his
Employment as Deputy, by which he will divest himself of all Trust and
right to the use of the records necessary for the completion thereof.

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Is the Person making these Estreats Obliged to take the Oath prescribed
"that they are truly and carefully made up and Examined. And that all Fines Etc
"which were set Etc. And in right and in due Course of Law ought to be
"Estreated, are to the best of his knowledge and understanding therein
"contained And that [positively] in the same Estreat are contained and
"Expressed all such Fines as have been Paid unto Court without any Wilfull
"or fraudulent discharge Omission Misnomer or defect whatsoever" If he is
at the same Time satisfied that the materials where of the Estreat is made up is defective in
many instances; And [..] particularly as it does not thereby appear that any one Fine was paid
into Court Altho in Conscience he believes many were. or can the Oath be
varied to Suit this particular Case or dispensed with.




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