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<p n="204">of July aforesd. the prosecutors Attorneys or Sollr. or who Appeared<lb></lb>
as such to the Number of three or more then Appeared in Court And<lb></lb>
one of them having that Morning promised and undertaken to be<lb></lb>
ready to Try the sd. Cause in the afternoon the Court was then pleased<lb></lb>
to put it off till the Evening of same day but instead of bringing on<lb></lb>
said Tryal as they promised they moved upon Affidts. to put it off<lb></lb>
till September Sessions last at which time the Court declared to the best<lb></lb>
of Deponents to remembrance that if they were not then ready Deponent<lb></lb>
should be Tryed or Discharged in to that Effect And this Deponent<lb></lb>
Saith that he heaving prepar'd and Subpened his Witnesses for his<lb></lb>
Tryal last Sessions at very great Expense the prosecutors again<lb></lb>
Applyed to put off the said Tryal till this present Sessions upon divers<lb></lb>
false Affidavitt And this Depont. Saith that one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n204-1">Martha Oxley</rs>
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who<lb></lb>
is a Material Witness for Deponent in this Cause and who was<lb></lb>
Subpened to give Evidence last July Sessions on the behalf of Depont.<lb></lb>
and who Attended thereon and who was again Subpened a few days<lb></lb>
before last September Sessions but did not Attend to give Evidence<lb></lb>
in this Cause on Deponts. behalf as aforesd. has been Spirited away<lb></lb>
by the Prosecutors or same of them for that upon the Strictest<lb></lb>
Inquiry which Deponent has Caused to be made after her at has place<lb></lb>
of abode and other places whose she was known he finds that she is<lb></lb>
not otherwise to be heard of than that she quitted her place of dwelling<lb></lb>
near <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo261"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo262">Saint Georges Church</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo263">Southwarke</rs>
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after that she was Served<lb></lb>
with a Subpena as aforesd. and a day or two before this Deponent<lb></lb>
Tryal last Session was Expected to come on And this Depont. Saith<lb></lb>
he is Informed and Verily believes the same to be true that a four<lb></lb>
days before the sd. last Sessions the said Rowe Applyed to persons<lb></lb>
to whom Depont. is not anyways Indebted as he knows of to Lodge<lb></lb>
Accons against this Deponent in Order to further distress him And<lb></lb>
Also since the said Sessions went to the Neighbourhood where Deponts.<lb></lb>
Lodged before his Surrendering Accompained by the sd. Bucknall who<lb></lb>
this Depont. Apprehends and has undoubted reason to believe is the Chief<lb></lb>
Prosecutor</p>
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