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The King on the Prosecution
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maketh Oath and
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Saith That on Wednesday the Eleventh Day of September
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Inst. This Deponent was taken into Custody or a
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Charge of having sold a Quantity of Butter (of an
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Inferiour Quality) to the Prosecutor at an Infinour
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Price Prosecutor Declaring at same time That
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He Wanted it to Mix with Stuff for the purpose of
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making Candle. And Deponent further saith
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That he taught said Butter wholesale of
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Dealer and butter Factor living in
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whose name Deponent is at present
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Unacquainted with and has been detered from seeking
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after by Overtunes being made to him in prison
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Therefore prays Your Worship will postpone the
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Tryal and admit me to bail (Good and sufficient
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being lady) for the purpose of Bringing forward
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The Man fo whom I Bought the Butter and
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the Clerk on Cottons whereof where Prosecutor had
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Purchased same
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Sworn in Court
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14th. September 1799
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