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Maketh Oath and saith That he this Deponent
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was in January Sessions last Bound over before Mr. Justice
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Wilmot to prosecute
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of the said
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offence the said Sollr. thought proper not to prefer
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a Bill of Indictment against him and although
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he this Deponent carried a Letter from the said Sollrs.
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office to the said Justice desiring him not to return
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the said Recognizance for the reasons aforesaid
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And this Deponent further saith that the reason
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he did not appear and prefer a Bill of Indictment
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and that it was
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not through any favor or affection for the said
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the 21st. day of October 1774}
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By the Court
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