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the said Offence but did not receive any Corporal punishment or pay any fine or give
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the Statute in such case is required That the said Silk of and for which the said
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were convicted of Buying and receiving
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of the said Elizabeth Pidgion knowing the same to be purloined or embezzled was
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the same identical Silk for which the said Elizabeth Pidgion paid the said
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a Pecuniary Satisfication as before set forth That the said
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or one of them so being persons no ways employed in any
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or one of them
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sold the said Silk so as aforesaid embezzled by the said Elizabeth Pidgion (and
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for which the said Elizabeth Pidgion had made satisfication to said
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and which she had before sold unto them the said
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or one of them and which offence they the said
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had been convicted of upon the Oath of the said Elizabeth
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Pidgion but under which conviction the said
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or either of them had not paid any penalty or suffered any Corporal
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punishment) to the Petitioner That the Petitioner not being Guilty of the
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said Offence appealed from the said Conviction to this Honourable Court pursuant
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to the Statute in such case made and provided Which said Appeal stood duly
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adjourned unto this Day Now upon hearing the said Appeal in the pursuance and
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hearing of
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and he consenting by has Council to
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the allowing the said Appeal It is ordered that the said Appeal be and
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the same hereby allowed and the said Conviction of the said Justice is hereby
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Quashed.
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