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maketh Oath That
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that he this Depont. on the 7th. day of this Inst June did personally serve
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the presecutris in this Cause with a Copy of the Notice hereunto Annexed
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Pur porting that the Dept. in this Cause would appear & plead to the
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Indictment She pre
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agt. him for perjury on Saturday the 9th. day of this Instant June, and by the
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Same if this Honourable Court Would Admit thereof, Upon which the
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Prosecutriz told this Depont. she was Sorry that Ever She Concern'd
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herself against the Dept. and That She never had done the same had
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She not been spirited up by one
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Given her Husband Mr.
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a Note or Writing under the said
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Benbows hav'd to pay what ever Expences the said prosecutris or
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husband Should be at in Carrying on the said porsecution agt. the
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Except
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Ten Shillings and Six pence, Alme Coppy of Which Note or Writing
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is Annexed to this Affidavit, and further Said tht she would have
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Nothing More to do with the said Prosecution and that what she
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had already done was Against her Inclination
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Bayley
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9th Day of June 1739
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By the Court
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James Eventon
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