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Oath and Saith that he was Bound over with,
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of the peace for the City of
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Sessions And this Deponent further Saith that,
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on Wednesday last he preferred an Indictment,
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was Returned a true Bill And this Deponent.
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further Saith that he Attended on last Thursday
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with the other two Witnesses
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the whole day expecting the Tryal
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to come on but it did not And this Deponent
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further Saith that Yesterday Morning between,
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Nine and Ten of the Clock in the forenoon he
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sent one
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to see if the Prisoner's
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name stood in the list for Tryal as Yesterday,
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who returned and informed this Deponent that
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he did not And that there was a great number
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of other Names on the list for Tryal And therefore
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this Deponent Concerning that such Tryal
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would not come on did not Attend And this
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Deponent further Possitively says he intended
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to have appeared and given Testimony in this
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Honorable Court against the prisoners but was
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informed that the Prisoner was discharged as
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Yesterday on the Indictment so preferred by this,
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Deponent And this Deponent further saith had
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not the person
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so returned,
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And informed this Deponent that such name
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of the Prisoner was not on the List of Tryals
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