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To the Worshipful His Majesty's
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That on or about the Thirty first day of October
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1783
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your Petitioner was served with an Order of Adjudication
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under the Hands and Seals of D. Wilmot and
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Stating that the said two Justices had met together on the
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day last mentioned and heard the Complaint of the
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Overseers of the poor of the said Hamlet concerning a Female
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Bastard Child Setting forth That the said Him all Bastard
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Child was Born in the said Hamlet of
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Child is now living and hath been and now is Chargeable to the
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hath in her
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Examination taken upon Oath Charged the said Benjamin Gofton Nash
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with having begotten the said Child on her Body
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That the said Benjamin Gofton Nash having been duly Summoned
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to Appear before the said two Justices on the Day and Year
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to Answer the said Complaint And to show Cause why he should
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not be Adjudged the putative Father of the said Female Bastard
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the said Hamlet of
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as aforesaid An Order
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should not be made upon him for the relief and Indemnity of
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the said Hamlet touching the premises And the said Benjamin
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Gofton Nash Appearing before the said two Justices And not
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shewing any Cause to the contrary they the said two Justices
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Did upon the Examination of the said
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upon Oath before them and other Circumstances find
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and Adjudge the said Complaint to be true And that
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the said Female Bastard Child was born in the
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as aforesaid and hath
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been and now is Chargeable to the said Hamlet
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