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On an Indictment for Felony
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On A Clause in the Stat of the 19th. of King George 2d:
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the Defendant in this Cause maketh
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Henry Ellis
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of
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and Several Other persons are Material Witnesses for this
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Deponent at the Tryal of this Indictment, and this Deponent
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Saith that he this Deponent is advised and verily believes he
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Cannot with Safety proceed to make his Defence at his Tryal
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in this Cause without the Benefit of the Testimony of the
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Witnesses who are Material for
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of the Indictment now
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as witnesses on behalf of this Deponent from the County
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Suffolk and who accordingly did Attend in London for this
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of giving Evidence on behalf of this Deponent during the
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Sessions, at which time, this Deponent was ready and
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to be tryed, But the Council for the Crown having opposed
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This Deponent's witnesses who So attended, return'd into the
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's return into the Country, he had the misfortune
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dislocate his Shoulder, which for Sometime past hath Confined
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him to his Bed, And this Deponent further Saith that the
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is not Yet able to Travell to London to give
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Testimony on behalf of this Deponent, as appears by
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Affidavit of Mr
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, and As this Deponent verily believes,
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the Manifest hazard and danger of losing of his Life
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