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to Trial at this present Sessions for want of the benefit of
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such Testimony and that he hopes and verily believes that
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he shall be able to procure them at the next ensuing Sessions
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of the peace for the said
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and City
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of London-And this deponent also further saith that
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from the distance of the place where the said Offence was
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Committed which is near twenty three Miles from London,
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and also from the distance of the place of his residence
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which is about Seventy Four Miles from London, and from
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he shortness of time from his Commitment to the present Sessions
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and the impossibility of his being able to procure either
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those Witnesses to Fact or Proper persons to his character who
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are persons of great Respect and good Character
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Deponent
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cannot take his Trial with the least possibility of and is
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precluded from, making that defence which the nature of
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his case demands and the danger of it requires especially
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as the Charge affects this Deponents Life. And Lastly this
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deponent saith that this his Deposition and Application to
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this Honorable Court are not made with any view to delay or hinder the due
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Course of Justice or to postpone his Trial without just grounds
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and also that he shall be ready to take his Trial at the
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next Ensuing Sessions for the said
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Sworn in Court this
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25th. day of May 1787
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Joseph Williams
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Jos. Williams
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to Put off Trial
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to next Sessions
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