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to wit
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The King agt.
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maketh Oath and saith That on Saturday the
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twelfth of this present Instant May he was apprehended in the
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his Majesty's Revenue Officers and rescued uncustomed Goods at
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which is about twenty
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three Miles of LondonThat in consequence thereof he was
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and debarred the use
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of pen ink or paper or the Permission of any Person to see
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him. That on the Monday following being the 14th. he was examined
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before the Sitting Alderman at
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and then committed
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to take his Trial on the above ChargeThat he this Deponent
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being totally ignorant of the necessary proceedings in such Cases
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nor a Person gaining his livelihood by such illicit practices,
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several days of the short interval of time between his Committment
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and the present Sessions elapsed before he took any step to
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acquaint his Friends who reside in the Further most Parts of
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the
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of his Situation
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That this Deponent on his Oath
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most solemnly avers that he neither
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counselled advised abetted aided or assisted either in the
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said Obstruction Assault or rescue That he this Deponent hath been informed and verily believes it to be at the time also
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when that Offence was committed there were two or three
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other persons near whom this Deponent verily believes were
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also Spectators only of such Obstruction & Assault, and that
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this Deponent has since taken every step in his power to
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inform himself of the Names and places of abode of the said
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a thorough and sufficient information of them soar to be
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able to produce them at this Present Sessions-And this deponent
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Further saith tha he cannot with safety to himself proceed
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