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is Guilty of the
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Felony in the Indictment aforesaid above Specified and Charged
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upon him as above in manner and form as by the said Indictment
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above against him is supposed And that heat the time of the Committing
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the said Felony or at any time since had no Goods or Chattels Lands or
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thereof against him upon the Conviction aforesaid which said
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saith nothing except as he had before
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said Whereupon all and Singular the premisses bing seen and
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fully Understood by the Court here It is Considered and adjudged by
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the Court here that he the said
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be Hanged by the Neck until he be Dead And afterwards (to wit)
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on Wednesday the Twenty fifth day of April in the
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Tenth Year of the Reign of our said Lord the King Before
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Eyre Esquire Recorder of the said City Sir
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King of Newgate of the Prisoners therein being Cometh the said
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brought to the Bar here in his proper person by the said Sheriff And
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Royal Mercy to the said
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King having been Signified to the said Last mentioned Justices and Court
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>
Viscount Weymouth
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>
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>
one of the Principal Secretaries of State of our said Lord the King
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>
</
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>
(according to the Statute in that behalf) The said
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John Watson
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>
</
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otherwise called
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type
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William Davies
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rs
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inst
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</
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>
is asked by the Court here whether he doth
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
consent and Agree to accept the Mercy of our said Lord the King upon the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Condition aforesaid And he the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
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>
John Watson
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rs
>
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inst
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=
"Watson"
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>
otherwise called
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rs
type
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>
William Davies
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<
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type
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inst
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type
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"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
doth now here consent and Agree thereunto Whereupon it is Ordered by the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Court now here that the said
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rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
John Watson
</
rs
>
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inst
=
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type
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"given"
value
=
"John"
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>
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45023_n2634-23"
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=
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>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
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type
=
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>
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interp
>
otherwise called
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
William Davies
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45023_n2634-24"
type
=
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=
"William"
>
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>
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inst
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=
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</
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>
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inst
=
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type
=
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>
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interp
>
be
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Transported as soon as Conveniently may be to some of the Colonies and Plantations of our said Lord the King in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
America for the Term of his Natural Life Pursuant to the form of the Statute in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
such Case made and Provided.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2635"
>
Br: Deacom
</
p
>
</
div1
>
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