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William Wood
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the Prosecutor Maketh Oath and Saith That
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the Major part of the Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt
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awarded against the said
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having met in September
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London pursuant to an order of the right honble
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the
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of Great Britain upon a Petition of the said
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Wood's for that Purpose the said Wood did before such Commissioners prove
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a debt due to him & his Partner John Michell from the said Peter
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Comerlan and thereon this Depot. did by the said Wood's order Lodge a
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petition in his & his said Partner's Names to the Lord Chancellor setting
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forth to the Effect following (that is to say) That in or about May 1749
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a Commission of bankrupt issued against the said Comerlan under which
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several Proceedings were had which Commission & Proceedings had not
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been Enrolled with the Proper Officer And that the said Petitioners being
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desirous the said Commission & such Proceedings as were mentioned in
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their said Petition might be Enrolled And that Mr Unwin who acted as
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Clerk might bring and leave the same with the Proper Officer to be Enrolled
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(That is to say) The said Commission of Bankruptey the Deposition or
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Depositions of the Witness or Witnesses that proved the said Comerlan a
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Bankrupt The Deposition of the proof of the Petitioning Creditor's debt
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the Several Entries made by the Several Comissioners of their several
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Meetings under the Said Commission and of the Bankrupts Surrandring
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or not Surrendring at Such meeting or Meeting's respectively The Several
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Summons issued by the said Commissioners or the Major Part of them
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to give notice to the Bankrupt to Surrender himself to the said Comissioners
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according to the Several Acts of Parliament for that Purpose Etc the
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several deposition or Depositions of the Person or Persons that served
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the Summons and that
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Thomas Newton
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the Petitioning Creditor having
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Exhibited Several notes under the said Commission And therefore praying
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his Lordp would please to Order that Mr Unwin the Clerk of the said
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Commission & the said Newton might be obliged to produce & leave all
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the aforementioned Commission & Proceedings & the said Notes with
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the Proper Officer to be Enrolled at the Expence of the Petrs. On which
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Petition His Lordship was Pleas'd on the 30th. day of September last
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