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last September Sessions to prove that the Letter was sent
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stating that a Legacy was left by
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his Aunt (lately deceased) to him the said
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and
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likewise to shew to this honorable Court that the said Robert
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Colliver was not sent out of the way by the said
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William Cook
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but that he was invited into the Country in consequence of the
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said letter to him in London to receive the Legacy as before stated
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And this deponent saith that the said Letter was wrote for
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no other purpose but that of imposing upon this honorable
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Court and to avoid the said
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giving his Evidence
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in the above prosecution And this deponent further saith
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that on the Morning following
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William Akers
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came and one
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Thomas Petley
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whom this deponent is informed is
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one of the
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of the said
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William Akers
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to the said William Cooks Yard
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of aforesaid and there the said
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William Akers
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with
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tears in his Eyes in the presence of this deponent told the said
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that he was a Villian and if he did not settle the
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affair that he the said
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must certainly go to
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with him for that
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he the said
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was the Villian and very well knew
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that he had recieved the Wheat from him at different times
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and that he had been the occasion of the Wheat being Stolen
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from his Master Barge.
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John Nelson
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for himself saith
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that at the letter end of September last he this deponent at
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the request of the
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James Lyon
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went to the House was
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the said
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aforesaid and Several
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times since in order to have served him with a Subpoena in
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the above prosecution and he there saw the Wife of the said
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was gone into the Country to see her Friends and refused to give
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this deponent any particular account where he was gone
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or where he was to be found And this deponent further saith
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