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On an Indictment for a Misdemeanor
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Abraham Clegg
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William Crimes otherwise in Grimes was Indicted as this Defendant believes
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and Saith that in April Session following the said Defendant
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appeared and Pleaded Not Guilty to the said Indictment And this Deponent
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was one of his Sureties in the Recognizance to Try his Traverse at the June
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Session following but the said Defendant hath not since Appeared or Tried
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his Traverse thereon and this Deponent further Saith that the said Defendant
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Goods were all Sold about Christmas 1770 and the said Defendant then
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Quitted the said House for which he stands Indicted and hath never
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lived in the same Since And this Deponent further Saith that Notwithstanding
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he hath made all the enquiry he possibly Could for this Year and a half
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last past for the said Defendant in Order to have taken and Surrendered him yet hath not been able
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to find out where he is, or what is became of him
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By the Court
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Forbes.
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