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The King<lb></lb>
agt:<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n22-1">John Waters</rs>
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Indicted for Stealing One<lb></lb>
Weather Sheep of the Value of<lb></lb>
20s. the Goods of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n22-2">Joseph Watts</rs>
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<p n="23"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n23-1">Samuel Vialls</rs>
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Servant to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n23-2">Joseph Watts</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo25">Carnaby Market</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ4">Butcher</rs>
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Maketh Oath That on the<lb></lb>
13th. day of December last he this Deponent apprehended<lb></lb>
<del>one</del>
the above Deft on suspicion of Stealing the said<lb></lb>
Weather Sheep and Took him before a Justice who<lb></lb>
Committed him to Prison to Take his Tryal And this<lb></lb>
Deponent Saith That on the 16th. of December following<lb></lb>
he this Deponent was Bound in a Recognizance of Forty<lb></lb>
Pounds to prosecute the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n23-3">John Waters</rs>
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for such Felony<lb></lb>
And this Deponent further Saith That he accordingly<lb></lb>
Preferred a Bill of Indictment to the Grand Jury on Wednesday<lb></lb>
last at the Session house for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo26">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
which was Returned a true Bill And this Deponent<lb></lb>
immediately went to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo27">Old Bailey</rs>
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and attended there<lb></lb>
from that time (which was about the hour of 3 o Clock in<lb></lb>
the afternoon) untill the Breaking up of the Court last<lb></lb>
Night in Order to have prosecute the said Deft for such<lb></lb>
Felony but the said Defend was not put upon his<lb></lb>
Tryal at that time And this Deponent further<lb></lb>
Saith That at the Breaking up of the Court last Night<lb></lb>
he this Deponent was informed by several persons<lb></lb>
who were also attending at the Court<del>also</del>
That the London Jury<lb></lb>
would be Called on the first this Morning And this<lb></lb>
Deponent further Saith That this day being a very busg.<lb></lb>
day with persons of his Trade and being desirous of<lb></lb>
assisting his said Master as far as in his power this<lb></lb>
Deponents said Master not having any Servant Capable<lb></lb>
of Working or Employing himself at such Business but himself<lb></lb>
He this Deponent Attended his said Masters business<lb></lb>
untill the hour of half past 10 o Clock this Morning and</p>
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