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<p n="202">Destitute and Stript of theComon necessarys of<lb></lb>
Life he set out the next dayafter he had Obtained<lb></lb>
his Liberty that is to Say on the fifteenth day of November 1753 or there abouts for <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo251">Ireland</rs>
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wherehis fortune principally<lb></lb>
lay in Order to repair his Condition and to get in Money to be himself<lb></lb>
right and to bring the aforesd. Persons to Justice believing that no further<lb></lb>
Prosecution would be Carryed on in this Cause in regard his Majesty's<lb></lb>
sd. Secretary at War was pleased to Certifye to his Majesty's Attorney<lb></lb>
General that he looked upon the same to be Malicious And Depont. saith that he embark'd at Park gate where he had been detain'd some day for a Wind on or about the last day of November<lb></lb>
aforesd. & arrived at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo252">Dublin</rs>
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the second of December last in Company with many Passengers on Board a Ship Commanded by <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50432_occ115">Captain</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n202-1">John<lb></lb>
Mathews</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo253">Park gate</rs>
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aforesd. & having continued at Dublin All sd. Decr: and the Month of January following Depont. the letter end of sd. January<lb></lb>
sett out for London but being obliged to go back<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Dept remained inDublin till the Seventeenth of February on which day Depont.<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
back<lb></lb>
at Dublin early in the Morning on Board a Ship Commended by Capt Ormond & Landed that Hight at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo254">Holy head</rs>
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with <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n202-2">Arthur Mervyn</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo255">Pall mall</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50432_occ116">Esquire</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
others who travelled with<obscured></obscured>
from thence to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo256">Chester</rs>
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where Depont. concerned for some time on Affairs he had to<obscured></obscured>
there And Deponent<lb></lb>
Saith that after Depont. was gone to Ireland and whilst Deponent was in<lb></lb>
that Kingdom the said Sweatman who had been on a Scheem for that<lb></lb>
purpose Confined as an Evidence in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo257"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo258">New prison</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo259">Clerkenwell</rs>
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by the<lb></lb>
means and Stratagem of the said Rowe Bucknall and Scott as Dept.<lb></lb>
believes and was by them or one of them maintained and Supported<lb></lb>
there as Depont. believes and doubts not to be able to Prove was bailed<lb></lb>
out And Depont. Saith that his being so Bailed was without Deponents<lb></lb>
knowledge procuremt. or privity or did Depont. know as hear thereof<lb></lb>
being then and for some time before and after in Ireland for the purposes<lb></lb>
afsd. untill after he Arriv'd in London after furnishing himself with<lb></lb>
necessary's and means to bring his said Adversarys and Conspirators<lb></lb>
to Justice and Depont. Saith that in a few days after his sd. Arrival<lb></lb>
and not before Deponent was Inform'd that said Sweatman having<del>having</del>
<lb></lb>
been Enlarged and having had a quarrel or difference with sd. Rowe<lb></lb>
about the Money which he had promised to pay him for Swearing agt.<lb></lb>
Depont. as aforesd. got a Confession or recantacon drawn up and went to Swear<lb></lb>
the same whilst Depont. was in Ireland as aforesd. before same of his<lb></lb>
Majesty's Justices for <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo260">Westminster</rs>
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Setting forth the methods used to draw<lb></lb>
him in to Swear agt. Depont.<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
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and designed to have the<lb></lb>
same with some of Deponts Acquaintance and believes that sd. Sweatman<lb></lb>
did afterwards write over the sd. Confession or revantacon and signed it<lb></lb>
before persons of Creditt and went to Swear it before the Right<lb></lb>
Honourable the Lord Mayor who refused to give him his Oath as Dept.<lb></lb>
is Inform'd and believes and Saith that he believes he soon after soon away<lb></lb>
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