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and one of the Overseers thereof on the
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9th. day of November last, for and on behalf of the said
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then next General Quarter Sessions of the peace to be hell
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Thomas Willis
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for stealing
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of and belonging
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to the said Parish of saint Margaret, he being a Pauper
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therein, and the said
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for receiving the same
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knowing it to be stolen And this Deponent further saith
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William Dawes
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in pursuance of such recognizance
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, That the said William
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Clarke was tried upon such Indictment and a Verdict of
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not guilty was returned by he Jury And this Deponent
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further saith That the said
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William Dawes
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(Overseer as
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aforesaid) conceiving that the Ends of Public Justice were
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answered by such Trial, Moved the Court that the said
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he being very old a not infirm might be
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discharged which Motion was granted And this
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Deponent further saith That he this Deponent was
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employed as
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for the purposes aforesaid
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and this deponent further saith he verily believes she said
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william Dawes
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and not omit prosecuting the said Thomas
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Willis for any other reason
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Sworn in Court the
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11th. day of April 1798}
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CH
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