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Would be Acquitted thereof the said
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Saith that he is not Guilty thereof and
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Concerning this for good and ill he puts himself upon the County and
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Esquire Clerk of
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the assires for the County aforesaid who prosecutes for our said Lord the King in the behalf doth the like
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Therefore let a Jury immediately come before the said Justices of
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said Lord the King above named and others their Fellows Justicesaforesaid here who are not of Kin to the said
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to Recognize upon their Oath whether the said
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be Guilty of the Felony and Burglary in
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the Indictment Aforesaid above Specified or not And the Jurors of the said Jury by the said Sheriff to this
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matter Impanneld and returned (to wit)
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James Glover
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George
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Kempster
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being Called come who being Elected Tryed and Sworn to speak the truth of and Concerning the
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premises Aforesaid do say upon their Oath that the said
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is Guilty of the said Felony and Burglary in
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the said Indictment in manner and form as by the said Indictment is Charged on him And that at the time
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of Committing the Felony and Burglary aforesaid or at any time afterwards to this time he had not nor hath any Goods or
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Chattles Lands or Tenements in the said County of Surry or else where to the Knowledge of the said
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Jurors and thereupon it is forthwith demanded of the said
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if he hath or can say any
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thing for himself why the Court here should not proceed to Judgement and Execution against him upon the
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Verdict Aforesaid who nothing farther saith but what he had before said upon which all and Singular
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the premises being seen and by the Court here fully understood It is Considered by the Court here that
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be taken to the Gaol of our said Lord the King of the said County of Surry
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from whence he came And from thence to the place of Execution and there be hanged by the neck untill he be
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