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October session last upon an Indictment against the said Needham
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for the abovementioned Felony and likewise Attended afterward at
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this Place on two Days in order to give his Evidence to the Honble
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himself called fort that purpose nor could he see the Prosecutor Attending But
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this Deponent hath been lately informed by the Prosecutor
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that the Trial of the Cause came on very Suddenly and that
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this Deponent Saith that his absence at that time was not by
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Sworn at Justice hall in the
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