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October Sessions 1773}
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in her Examination taken
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in Writing upon Oath before Two Magistrates declared that she was
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the
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believes he was a Yorkshire Man That when she was a
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she lived as a hired yearly
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was Born at a place called
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and have Brought an Attestation of his Inlisting into
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the GuardsIt will be very Necessary to prove the Identity of
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Wood,
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