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{The King<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3973-3">Thos. Rowland</rs>
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for Felony</p>
<p n="3974"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-1">Robert Burrowbridge</rs>
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of Fox Lane in the<lb></lb>
parish of Saint Paul Shadwell in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1611">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Maketh oath and Saith That on the Second Day of November last <lb></lb>
he this Deponent was bound by Recognizance before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-2">John Sherwood</rs>
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Esquire one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1612">County <lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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in the penalty of Forty pounds Upon Condition That he <lb></lb>
this Deponent should Appear at the then next Session of Gaol Delivery<lb></lb>
to be holden for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1613">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and prosecute and give<lb></lb>
Evidence against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-3">Thomas Rowland</rs>
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for Feloniously Assaulting<lb></lb>
this Deponent on the Highway with Intent to Rob him And this<lb></lb>
Deponent Saith That on the Second Day of December last being the<lb></lb>
first Day of the Sessions he this Deponent did go to the Office of Mr.<lb></lb>
Johnson the Clerk of the Indictments at Hick Hall in Saint <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1614">John Street</rs>
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and did request of the said Mr. Johnson to let him this Deponent have <lb></lb>
an Indictment against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-4">Thomas Rowland</rs>
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for the Felony aforesaid <lb></lb>
And this Deponent did at the said Mr. Johnson's request repeat unto<lb></lb>
the said Mr. Johnson the Evidence which this Deponent could give against<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-5">Thomas Rowland</rs>
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And the said Mr. Johnson thereupon did<lb></lb>
then inform this Deponent That he this Deponent need not give himself<lb></lb>
any further Trouble about it for that he could not give Evidence Sufficient <lb></lb>
to prove the said Felony against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-6">Thomas Rowland</rs>
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And that this<lb></lb>
Deponent might go about his Business And he this Deponent did<lb></lb>
thereupon immediatly go to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-7">John Sherwood</rs>
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Esquire the Justice<lb></lb>
aforesaid and informed him what the said Mr. Johnson had Say'd Upon<lb></lb>
which the said Justice informed this Deponent that he the said Justice<lb></lb>
had nothing to do with it and this Deponent did thereupon go about his<lb></lb>
Business and gave himself no farther Trouble about it And this Deponent<lb></lb>
Saith That he hath since heard That his said Recognizance will be<lb></lb>
Estreated because he did not prosecute the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3974-8">Thomas Rowland</rs>
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And<lb></lb>
Lastly this Deponent Saith That such Neglect was occasioned by the<lb></lb>
means aforesaid and not through any favour or Reward or the hope or promise<lb></lb>
thereof.</p>
<p n="3975">Sworn at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1615">Justice Hall in<lb></lb>
the Old Bailey</rs>
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on the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45018_date223">21st. day of October 1772</rs>
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<p n="3976">By the Court</p>
<p n="3977">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3977-1">Robt. Burrowbridge</rs>
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