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The King<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n641-1">Elizabeth Taffe</rs>
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On the prosecution of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50809_n641-2">Luke Riley</rs>
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Petty Larceing</p>
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Maketh Oath that On Tuesday<lb></lb>
last the Attended this Honorable Court and preferred an Indictment<lb></lb>
against the said Dependant for Stealing two tea Spoons this<lb></lb>
Deponents Property and Saith he fully meant and intended<lb></lb>
to have appeared and Given Evidence against the said Defendant<lb></lb>
this forenoon and Expected he should have been in time so to<lb></lb>
have done but to his great Surprise finds the said Defendant<lb></lb>
has been Discharged for want of Prosecution and this Deponent<lb></lb>
saith he was Exceedingly crouded last night with a numerous<lb></lb>
Company Consisting of upwards of Six hundred persons which<lb></lb>
Caused him to Sit up late and when he went to bed was very<lb></lb>
much fatigued which was the Sole Cause of his not Attending this<lb></lb>
Honorable Court So early this morning as he Ought and intended<lb></lb>
to have done and saith he did not absent himself from any<lb></lb>
Wilful neglect or for any favor or affection towards the said Defendant but merely for the reason aforesaid</p>
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this 28th.<lb></lb>
day of April 1786}</p>
<p n="644">Hall</p>
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