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Spencer and who as this Deponent has been informed
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officiate as a Constables or Runner to
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Esquire one other of his said Majesty's Justices of the
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Peace for this County at Shadwell and the said
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Richard Smith
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promised that he would take Care
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thereof And this Deponent saith that according to
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the Condition of his said Recognizance he this Deponent
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the said
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Jane Leaver
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and the said
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Richard Smith
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did Attend at Hicks Hall in Saint
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John Street
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on Monday the seventh Day of the said Month of
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September and the said
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did give
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Instructions for an Indictment against all the said
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Prisoners (as this Deponent then thought) and the
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Deponent the said
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and
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did Attend at Hicks Halls aforesaid all the next
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Day being Tuesday and likewise all the next Day
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following being wednesday and on the next Day in
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the Morning being Thursday this Deponent the said
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were called
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in and did give their Evidence before the Grand
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Jury and after they came out from before the
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Grand Jury and the said Bill of Indictment had
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been brought into Court by the Grand Jury and
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called over they immediately went to the Session
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House in the
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Old Bailey
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and attended there all
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that Day And all the next Day being Friday and on
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the Saturday and Monday following and on Tuesday
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the fifteenth Day of the said Month of september
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this Deponent the said
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and the said
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did give their Evidence before the
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Court in the said Sessions House in the
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Old
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against all the said Prisoners (as this Deponent
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then thought) who were then Fried and Acquitted
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And this Deponent saith That he then thought
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and verily believed that every thing had been long
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and
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