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Attorney at Law severally make Oath and say and first this Deponent
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for himself saith That on Wednesday the sixth day
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of May last being informed by a Friend of this Deponent that
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a Person of the Name of
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was in Custody for obtaining
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Goods under false pretences of a Silkman in
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and was to be Examined at the Public Office in
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that day Deponent accordingly Attended to see if it was the same
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person who had obtained Goods of Deponent under the same
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pretences when their Deponent found, it was
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of the parties were closed and Bound over to Prosecute Deponent
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related his Case to the setting Majestrate and Deponent was
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Bound over to Prosecute are above name Thos. Harcock likewise
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And this Deponent further saith that not knowing the nature
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of a Prosecution Deponent expected he should have notice when to
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Attend the Trial And this Deponent further said that in the
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21st. May last on reading a Newspaper he accidintally saw the
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the Sessions had begun which struct him that the stod Attending
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Deponent accordingly went to the Public Office in
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to be informed how he shod. Proceed when a Clerk informed
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that he must go to the Session House
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Proper his Bill of Indictment Dept. went Immediately and gave
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Instructions and was desired to come again the next day
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when the Bill should to ready Dept. accordingly went and attended
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before the Grand Jury and a true Bill was found
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