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in ye County, Just under ye tree where her hers Sit, & he appeall a
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them, & Swears that when (as he Supposeth) the Sd
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he run out towards a horse wch he supposeth was his ty'd about two
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hundred Yards from Ye Sd Orchard, & endeavour'd to untye ye horse to make
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his escape, but being hundred from getting up by this Deponent
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got away his bridle in ye Scuttle being Slipt, wch budle ye Sd
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flung into a ditch, & being askt what he had flung there Sd it was a Stick
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This Deponent farther Maketh Oath that after the horse was get away the
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P Ralph Rumball indeavour'd to make his Escape or foot; but being hundred by
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ye Deponent, he turn'd again & wth a Clow of a Stick broke ye Deponent
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head but that one more cane then into his assistance & soe Key took him:
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Endeavourd to get upon, to make his Escape had upon his back a Pannell &
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Nov: 21th
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Jurat apnd Drayton in
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Com Prdict.
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