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William Lovett
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last Wednesday Morning from Ten O' Clock 'till twelve in
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Officers Attending the Court in Blue Gowns that no
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Trial would come on that day that was not then in the
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least Contempt of this Honourable Court that
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he went away last Wednesday at Twelve o'Clock
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but entirely for the reason abovementioned And
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William Ellis
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Wednesday last and saw the said
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Attending in the Court Yard that Morning.
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By the Court
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