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Eleven o Clock (this Deponent not in the least imagining
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Defendant for such Felony when this Deponent was
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this Deponent's Recognizance became for feited and
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Ordered to be Estreated as this Deponent hath been
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informed and believes And this Deponent
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Lastly Saith That as this Deponent's not attending
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the General Gent Delivery of Newgate
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the 18th: day of January 1783}
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By the Court
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