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and a Copy of the Cause of Causes he was charged with, and also left a true Copy of h
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Schedule, with the said Justice, as the said Act directs. Whereupon the said Justice, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal,
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bearing Date theDay oflast, did require the Keeper of the said Prison, to being
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the Body of the said Prisoner to this Court, this present Sessions, together with the Warrant of h Detainer, and a Copy
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of the Cause with which h stood charged in Custody as aforesaid; and also gave a Writing importing Notice to all
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the Creditors of the said Prisoner, under his Hand and Seal, that he had granted such Warrant, and that the said Prisoner had
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petitioned to be Discharged
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Now forasmuch as the Keeper of the said Prison hath this Day brought into Court the
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Body of the said Prisoner, together with a Copy of the Cause h e stood charged with, and it having been now made
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appear upon Oath, That due Notice of the said Summons or Writing hath been left for or served upon the said
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the Compelling Creditor
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at whose Suit the Prisoner was confin'd thirty dayes before and antecedent to the then next being this present October Sessions of the peace for the sd City & Liberty of
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and that such like Notice hath been given to all the other Creditor of the said
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, inhabiting or residing within ten Miles of the said Prison;
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and also, that publick Notice hath been inserted in
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the London Gazette thirty Days before this present Sessions, according to the Directions of the said Act: And it having
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been duly proved, That the said
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was actually a Prisoner in the said Prison on the frist Day
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of January 1742, and hath so continued to this Time, and the said Prisoner having now in open Court, taken the Oath
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prescribed by the said Act, and having also in open Court subscribed and delivered in a Schedule containing a full & true
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Account of the whole real & personal Estate of what kind or Nature so ever of the sd
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Collier & Dealer now a Prisoner in the Gatehouse Westmr. And a List the Names of all & every
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person & persons that were any wayes & how much indebted unto him the sd
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and the Witnesses that Will prove the
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And the said Oath taken by the said Prisoner, not having been disproved by good Testimony of any credible Person on Oath,
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and it not appearing to this Court, that the said Prisoner stands charged with any Debt at the Suit of the Crown, or is indebted
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to any one Person in any Sum exceeding the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, besides Interest and Costs; nor doth it appear that
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the said Prisoner took the Benefit of an Act passed in the Tenth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the
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Relief of Insolvent Debtors; And the said Prisoner having conformed to the Directions of the said Act; And the Creditors
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having been publickly called in open Court and none of them appearing
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of shewing anyCause against discharging h im from h is said Imprisonment:
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It is therefore Ordered by this Court, That you do forthwith Discharge and set at Liberty the Body of the said Prisoner,
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if detained for no other Cause than aforesaid, without having or taking any Fee or Reward, other than One Shilling for your
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Attendance with him at this present Session, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act of Parliament made in the Sixteenth
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