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That after the said
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Samuel Wilson
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Bankrupt and after his first or Second Examinatn.
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came to the
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William Wilson
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who had
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with him and at whose House he
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generally was at after he became Bankrupt, and
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after their Arrival they began to talk of what had
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in the presence of this Examinant
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And the said
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at that time say'd that
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he thought that his Brother
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and
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this Examinant would have been called and Examined
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before the Commissioners upon Oath. Upon which
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the said
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reply'd that the wod. not
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willingly appear at
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to be Examined for
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that if he did he shod. Hang him meaning the
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after which
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and his Sister
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Mary Wilson
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who was then also
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present say'd that the would not do to go there for
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of he did he must swallow a few Pills. when the
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said
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Declared that he would not
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take a false Oath for Father or Mother. Brother
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or Sister. In Witness whereof the said
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Barbara
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Wilson
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hath hereunto Sett her Hand this 31st. Day
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of March 1768 Farther saith that said Saml. Wilson burnt a
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Book of Accounts and gave for his reason that he was Barbara
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affraid his Creditors should see itWilson
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Witness
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Thos Lacey
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Mark Cork
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Sworn before me
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April 1st. 1768}
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