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and that he Only Attended to take Letters and Messages and
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was an Intire Stranger to the Law and cou'd give this Deponent no
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Information of his Papers nor had any Instructions regarding the
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Indictment and therefore this Deponent Saith he is entirely
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Destitute of any Assistance from the said Mr Rigg Nor is this
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Deponent able to Instruct any other person on his behalf to prepare
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his defence for want of the Papers which are now in the Custody of
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the said Mr Rigg And this Deponent Saith that he hath not in
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his Custody nor can he come at any Papers regarding his Concerns with
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the said
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Samuel Baylis
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nor is he prepared to give proper Instructions
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to any other Attorney on his behalf to make a Defence for him on
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the Tryal of this Indictment for want of the Papers in the Custody
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of the said Mr Rigg And this Deponent further Saith that since he
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Spoke to the said Mr Riggs Clerk he has been several times at the said
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Mr Riggs Chambers in Order to have made further Enquirys after this
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Deponents papers but this Deponent has not been able to see him
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nor can he learn where he or his Master the said Mr Rigg is to be
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met with Nor does this Deponent know And Lastly this Deponent
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Saith that the
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a Material Witness for this
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Deponent is now in the
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as this Deponent
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believes and would have Attended on this Deponents behalf at the
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Tryal of this Indictment in Case he had been Sub paned but for want
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of being to Sub paned he does not come to
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And this Deponent
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John Lucas
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for himself Saith that he entered into a Recognizance
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with Mr
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of the said
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for the said
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John Staite
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to Appear and defend the said Indictment And that in
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Consequence thereof he and the said
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George Newman
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came up to
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with the said Defendant on Tuesday last in Order to have had
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the said Indictment Tryed but that the said Defendant has not
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been able to meet with the said Mr Rigg or to get any Intelligence
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from his Clerk regarding his papers so as to Instruct Council on his
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behalf And therefore this Deponent verily believes the said
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John
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is in no ways able to Prepare for his defence to the sd. Indictment
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And this Deponent Saith that the said
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Simond Paget
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who is a
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Material Witness for the said Defendant is now as this Deponent
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believes in the
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for that this Deponent saw
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him there on Monday last and he then Informed this Deponent
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that he would have Attended the Tryal of the Indictment on
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the said John Staites behalf in Case he had been Subpaned but
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for want thereof he thought it Unnecessary
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Sworn at
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in
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the
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Day of September 1762
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By the Court
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