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The King agst. Wynn
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On the Prosecution of
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Upon a Special Indictment for an AssaultWe have not taken a Copy of it But however
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the Facts on which it is brought are as follow
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Mr.
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the Prosecutrixs's Husband was applied to by one of the Defts Friends (& an
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Acquaintance of Robert's) And who then had the law of Deft & what little he was intitled to. And the
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Deft being of an Indolent Disposition & they not knowing how to dispose of him agreed with Roberts
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(who is a
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) to take him into his Service (finding that his Natural Capacity rendered him unfit
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for any other Business) & they wod. allow Roberts 3s. & 6d. a N Val: for his Board & Lodging distinct from
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the Service he shod. be of to Roberts in his Business And accordingly Roberts listned to the Proposal & agreed
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with them to make Tryal of him for a Month & took the Fellow into his Service during which time he
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behaved very tractible in the Business Roberts employed him in, which was nothing more than the meneal
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Concerns in his Business as a
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in Carrying out Beer & geathering in Potts Etc And the Fellow's
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seeming Tractibility & Sivillity to the Customers Engaged Roberts to listen to further Proposals made
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by Defts Friends, which was, That they wod. give Roberts the Sum of £80. Provided
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they
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he wod. take him
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off their hands & provide him with Meat Drink Lodging & Cloaths during his Defts Life And the Fellow
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was very ready to engage with Roberts as his Friends advised And Roberts being enduced by his then
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present Behaviour & in Respect Roberts had for the Persons who recommended him Agreed to take Deft upon such
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Terms And his (Defts) Friends glad of Such an Oppertunity of disposing of him & being determined to make
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a Sure Bargain Proposed Roberts's entering into & Executing a Bond to Deft (as Roberts's Information is
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