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Octr 21 1779
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Between The King on the Prosecution of
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the Prosecutior above named maketh Oath that on or about
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the Thirty first day of July last this Deponant having been pushed
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and thereby became much
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wetted and dirtied this Deponant went into a Public House in
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in order to dry and clean himself upon which the Landlady
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of the House offered this Deponant a Pair of
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to put on in
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the Room of this Deponant's Dirty ones which Offer this Deponant
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Accepted of and this Deponant took out of his Pockets Four Guineas
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and an half in Gold Sixteen Shillings in Silver and some Copper
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Coin and laid the same down upon a Table there and then Shifted
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his Breeches which being done this Deponant saw this Deponants
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said Money in the Defts Hands whereupon this Deponant caused
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the Deft to be Apprehended and she was taken before Mr. Justice
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Durden in
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who committed her to Tothilfields
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for further Examination and after a Second hearing Committed
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her Absolutely for trial for the said Offence and this deponant and one
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William
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Bunting entered into Recognizance to Prosecute her on that
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Occasion And this Deponant further says that he this Deponant
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conceived that he was to Prosecute at the
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Sessions because
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tha fact was committed in
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and because the Defendant
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had been in the first instance committed to Tothilfields
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and accordingly this Deponant did prefer a Bill of Indictment
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against her at the last
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Sessions which was found
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a
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True Bill and this Deponant intended to have prosecuted the same with
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Effect but this Deponant to his Great Surprise has found that he ought to have
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Prosecuted the sd. Defendant at the last Sessions held at Hicks Hall and that
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having failed so to do she was then discharged and this Deponants Recognizance
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has been or will be Exheated for want of a prosecution agreeable to its Condition
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Sworn in Court at
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21 Octr 1779}
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W
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