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in this Tryal Maketh Oath & Saith
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Thomas James
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The said
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Thomas James
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is now at
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Whitehaven
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in the
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County of
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Cumberland
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as this Deponent has been Informed and verily
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Believes to be True of This Deponent Saith that about Three
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or four Days after this Depondent was Apprehended on Suspicion
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of Committing the Fact Charged in this Indictment he did Write
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a Letter to the said
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Thos. James
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in the County
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aforesaid And at that time did not Know what a Subporna
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was and Would have sent one down to
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of he had
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Known the Nature of the same And this Deponent saith that
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he Intends Immediately to send down a Subporna in Order
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to Oblige the said
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to Attend the Tryal of this
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Deponent at the Next Sessions And this Deponent saith
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That the said
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Thos. James
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is a Material Witness to the
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Facts Charged in this Indictment and that he Cannot
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Safely Proceed to the Tryal of this Cause without the
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Testimony of the said
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Sworn the
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Sixteenth day of January
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1756
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Justice Hall
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in the
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Old Bailey
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By the Court
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J Parkin
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