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1768.
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September.
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Hodgson received due Notice together with a Copy thereof and
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an invitation to attend us the said Justices on Thursday the 7th.
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Day of July last in order to his Exculpation.
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That he the said
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Ralph Hodgson
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attended accrodingly
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assisted by Council to manage his defence, and divers Witnesses,
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namely
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John Dawson
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, were then and there
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Examined on Oath, in the presence and hearing of the said
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Ralph Hodgson
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and his Council, who cross Examined them,
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and made objections from time to time, as they saw occasion,
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but produced no Witnesses on the part of him the said Ralph
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Hodgson save and except an affidavit of his own making
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which he declined reading.
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That according to the best of our Judgments the Evidence in
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support of the Petition sofar as it related to the several Facts above
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stated was full clear and decisive, and therefore We cannot but think
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and look upon the said
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Ralph Hodgson
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as accessary to the outrages
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and disorders aforesaid to the great disturbance of the public Peace
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and Terror of his Majestys subjects; and do therefore apprehend
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him most unworthy and unfit to exercise or hold the Office or
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authority of a Magistrate for this County.
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In Consequence of which opinion and determination
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from motives of Justice to the public; and influenced
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by that reverence for the Government and Laws of
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this Country, which We ourselves entertain, and it
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has been and is our constant endeavour to excite
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in others, We hold it to be our indispensible Duty to
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join in an application for the superseding or
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otherwise removing the said
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Ralph Hodgson
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from
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the Office and authority of a Justice of the Peace for
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the
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; and do accordingly in the
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method of address prescribed to us, by the ancient
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and accustomed usage in matters of this nature
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make this our representation and remonstrance:
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submitting the Consideration thereof to your
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Lordship's Wisdom and Judgment
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Signed by Order of the Court
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James Waller
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Cl. of the Peace
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