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when he informed him
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, that he this Deponent Could not think
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himself safe in the buying of the said Goods until he
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informed this Deponent in which
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way he Came by them, when the said
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gave for Answer that he purchased the said Goods
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of a Sailor who was going to France, this Deponent
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informed the said
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that, that account
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was very unsatisfactory and insisted upon taking
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the Goods and the said
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before an
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Alderman And this Deponent saith that the
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said
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and this Deponent before Sir
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Watkin Lewis
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Alderman then Sitting at the
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Guildhall
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London with the said Goods when the said Alderman
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advised this Deponent to Advertize the said Goods
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and not to let the said Goods go out of his Custody but
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to bring then before him that Day Senight and ordered
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the said
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to appear on that Day And
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this Deponent further Saith That he accordingly
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Advertized the said Goods and in Consequence of the
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said Advertizement the other Deponent
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Meeson Schooley
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Claimed the said Printed Callico and which he has
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Since Sworn to be his property And this Deponent
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Thomas Flint
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Saith that he accordingly attended on
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the said Day appointed on the said Alderman with
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the said Goods And notwithstanding the said
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was desired and promised to Attend also on that
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Day he did not appear And upon this Deponents
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Inquiry at his Dwelling House was informed by
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a woman who said she was the said
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John Smiths
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Wife that he had absconded on gone Abroad And
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this Deponent
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Meeson Schooley
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for himself further
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Saith That on the
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Sixth Day of November last
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this Deponent Caused the said
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John Sealy
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to he
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taken before Mr. Justice Hyde on Suspicion of
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