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<p n="84">Would be Acquitted thereof the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-1">Joseph Metford</rs>
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Saith that he is not Guilty thereof and<lb></lb>
Concerning this for good and ill he puts himself upon the County and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-2">Jerome Knapp</rs>
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Esquire Clerk of<lb></lb>
the assires for the County aforesaid who prosecutes for our said Lord the King in the behalf doth the like<lb></lb>
Therefore let a Jury immediately come before the said Justices of<obscured></obscured>
said Lord the King above named and others their Fellows Justicesaforesaid here who are not of Kin to the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-3">Joseph Metford</rs>
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to Recognize upon their Oath whether the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-4">Joseph Metford</rs>
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be Guilty of the Felony and Burglary in<lb></lb>
the Indictment Aforesaid above Specified or not And the Jurors of the said Jury by the said Sheriff to this<lb></lb>
matter Impanneld and returned (to wit) <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-14">John Moys</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-15">Stephen Kirby</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-5">John Blake</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-19">John Strudwicks</rs>
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Silvester</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-7">John Driver</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-16">Thomas Budgen</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-17">George Woodyer</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-18">John Costyn</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-8">John Miles</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-9">James Glover</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-10">George<lb></lb>
Kempster</rs>
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being Called come who being Elected Tryed and Sworn to speak the truth of and Concerning the<lb></lb>
premises Aforesaid do say upon their Oath that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-11">Joseph Metford</rs>
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is Guilty of the said Felony and Burglary in<lb></lb>
the said Indictment in manner and form as by the said Indictment is Charged on him And that at the time<lb></lb>
of Committing the Felony and Burglary aforesaid or at any time afterwards to this time he had not nor hath any Goods or<lb></lb>
Chattles Lands or Tenements in the said County of Surry or else where to the Knowledge of the said<lb></lb>
Jurors and thereupon it is forthwith demanded of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-12">Joseph metford</rs>
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if he hath or can say any<lb></lb>
thing for himself why the Court here should not proceed to Judgement and Execution against him upon the<lb></lb>
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Verdict Aforesaid who nothing farther saith but what he had before said upon which all and Singular<lb></lb>
the premises being seen and by the Court here fully understood It is Considered by the Court here that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50574_n84-13">Joseph Metford</rs>
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be taken to the Gaol of our said Lord the King of the said County of Surry<lb></lb>
from whence he came And from thence to the place of Execution and there be hanged by the neck untill he be<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">Ex</note>
dead</p>
<p n="85">Knapp</p>
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