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The King<lb></lb>
against<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15080_n159-1">Moses Alexander</rs>
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On Two Indictments for Forgery.</p>
<p n="160"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15080_n160-1">Moses Alexander</rs>
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the above named Defendant maketh oath that Yesterday in the<lb></lb>
Forenoon he was removed by Habeas Corpus from the Street where he had been a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15080_occ58">Prisoner</rs>
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for debt to convives two Indictments preferred and found the preceeding day<lb></lb>
against him for Forgery. And this Deponent saith that at the time when the Values<lb></lb>
Corpus was less at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15080_geo80">the Fleet</rs>
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or at the time when he was brought into this W<obscured></obscured>
or<lb></lb>
until he was assigned on the said Indictments he did not know of had been informed<lb></lb>
for what purpose he was removed from <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15080_geo81">the Fleet</rs>
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or what charge there had been against<lb></lb>
him therefore this Deponent saith he is totally unproposed to make a defence to both are<lb></lb>
either of the said Indictments. And this Deponent further saith that <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15080_n160-2">John Coventry</rs>
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as<lb></lb>
late <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15080_occ59">Clerk</rs>
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to this Deponent and a Material Witness for him on the trials of both the said<lb></lb>
Indictments and without whose evidence this Deponent cannot with any degree of safety<lb></lb>
to his life take his tryal is now and here been for some time as this Deponent hath<lb></lb>
been informed and believes at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15080_geo82">Portsmouth</rs>
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in the County of Hants so that until be<lb></lb>
impossible for him to attend nd give evidence on this Deponents behalf this presents<lb></lb>
Sessions.</p>
<p n="161">Sworn at Justice Hall in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15080_geo83">Old Bailey</rs>
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this 10th. day of May<lb></lb>
1769.}</p>
<p n="162">By the Court</p>
<p n="163">Alexander</p>
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