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Mrs. Green depos'd, That on Sunday the 22d of October, about 11 at Night, she heard the Noise occasion'd by the Prosecutor and the Prisoners quarreling after they were gone out of her House, that she heard a Woman's Voice, crying out, Murder; going to see what the Matter was, she saw
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and Wilcox in a high Dispute, she complaining of his assaulting her, and he saying she had robb'd him of 11 Guineas and a Cane; but this Deponent did not see that he was in the least Dirty, tho' he said he was knock'd down by
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The Constable depos'd, That when they were brought to the Watch house,
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, each complaining of the Wrong they had suffer'd; but this Deponent did not discover, by any Marks of Dirt, or otherwise, that Wilcox had been knock'd down. This was likewise confirm'd by the Deposition of
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said in her Defence, That there having been several Disputes in Law between them, Wilcox had done this out of Malice; to prove this, she produc'd an Evidence, who swore directly, that
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Henry Wilcox
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offer'd her five Guineas, if she would swear that
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robb'd him of 11 Guineas and an Half; but she knowing nothing of the Matter, would not be tempted to forswear herself. This evidently proved, that the Prosecutor's Charge against them was unjust, upon which the Jury
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acquitted
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