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<p n="1617">The King<lb></lb>
against <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1617-1">William Thornhill</rs>
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On Several Indictments for Forgery</p>
<p n="1618">The Defendant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-1">William Thornhill</rs>
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maketh Oath that one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-2">George<lb></lb>
Brown</rs>
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a Half pay Lieutenant is a Material and necessary Witness<lb></lb>
on the Behalf of this Defendant on the several Indictments found<lb></lb>
against this Defendant and without the Benefit of whose Testimony<lb></lb>
this Defendant cannot safely proceed to the Tryal of the said Indictments<lb></lb>
or either of them And This Deponent saith that previous to the last<lb></lb>
Sessions he was informed and which he verily believes to be true<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-3">George Brown</rs>
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then was and for some Time then last past<lb></lb>
had been in or near the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45010_geo569">County of Cornwall</rs>
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but in what particular<lb></lb>
Part this Deponent had not then been able to discover although he<lb></lb>
had caused several Inquiries to be made at the Places where it<lb></lb>
was most likely to hear and be informed of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-4">George Brown</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for which Reasons an Order was made at the last Sessions to put off<lb></lb>
this Deponents Tryal till the present Sessions in Order to give<lb></lb>
this Deponent an Oportunity of finding out his said Witness<lb></lb>
And this Deponent saith that ever since the last Sessions he<lb></lb>
hath continued to make and caused to be made Inquiries after<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-5">George Brown</rs>
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of the several Persons and at all the Places being Many in Number<lb></lb>
from whom and where it was most likely to hear and be informed<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-6">George Brown</rs>
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And this Deponent saith that he hath<lb></lb>
caused the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-7">George Brown</rs>
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to be advertized for twice in the<lb></lb>
London and Saint James's Chronicles and White hall Evening Post<lb></lb>
and thrice in the Daily Advertizer but hath not yet been able to find<lb></lb>
out where the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-8">George Brown</rs>
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is, And therefore this Deponent<lb></lb>
now thinks that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45010_n1618-9">George Brown</rs>
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is gone to Ireland he being<lb></lb>
an Irishman and having Friends in that County and this Deponent<lb></lb>
hath lately been informed and verily believes that there is but One</p>
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