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<p n="336">day of July last in order to his exculpation.</p>
<p n="337">That he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-1">Ralph Hodgson</rs>
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attended accordingly assister<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">20</note>
by council to manage his defence, and divers witnesses, namely<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-2">George Caffarey</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-3">Burford Camper</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-4">Thomas Wright</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-5">John Duncanson</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50587_n337-6">Robert Anderson</rs>
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, were then & there examined on oath in the<lb></lb>
presence & hearing of the said Ralph Hodgson & his council, who<lb></lb>
Cross examined them, and made objections from time to time, as they<lb></lb>
saw occasion, but produced no witnesses on the part of him the said<lb></lb>
Ralph Hodgson save & expect an affidavit of his own making which<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">21</note>
he declined reading.</p>
<p n="338">That according to the best of our judgments, the evidence<obscured></obscured>
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support of the petition so far as it related to the several fac<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
above stated was full clear and decisive; and therefore<obscured></obscured>
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but think & look upon the said Ralph Hodgson as accessory to<obscured></obscured>
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outrages & disorders aforesaid to the great disturbance of the public<lb></lb>
peace & terror of his majesty's subjects; and do therefore apprehend<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
him<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">22</note>
most unworthy and unfit to exercise or hold the office or authority of<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
magistrate for this county.</p>
<p n="339">In consequence of which opinion and determina-<lb></lb>
tion, from motives of justice to the public; and<lb></lb>
influenced by that reverence for the Governmt.<lb></lb>
and laws of this country, which we ourselves<lb></lb>
entertain, and it has been & is our constant endea-<lb></lb>
vour to excite in others, We held it to be our</p>
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