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The King agt. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n73-1">Hannah Benson</rs>
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on an Indictmt. for Perjury</p>
<p n="74"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n74-1">Francis Waters</rs>
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of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo49">Saint Bridgett otherwise<lb></lb>
Brides</rs>
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London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ31">Gentleman</rs>
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maketh oath That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n74-2">John Caldecott</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ32">Genll</rs>
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who is <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ33">Clerk</rs>
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to the Honble. Mr. Justice Wright is a Material Witness in<lb></lb>
behalf of the Prosecution and without whose Testimony the prosecutors<lb></lb>
Cannot Proceed to the Tryal of the said Defendant for that the said Mr.<lb></lb>
Caldecott is the Person who swore the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n74-3">Hannah Benson</rs>
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to the<lb></lb>
truth of the Information mentioned and settforth in the Indictment<lb></lb>
against the Defendant and this Deponenent further saith that the said Mr.<lb></lb>
Caldecott did this Morning sett out of Town upon the Oxford Circuit as an<lb></lb>
officer under the Honble Mr. Justice Foster as this Informant was to his<lb></lb>
surprize Informed thereof at Judge wrights Chambers this Morning where<lb></lb>
this Dept. not knowing thereof went in order to subpena the said Mr. Caldcott<lb></lb>
in this came By means whereof the Presentors are Deprived of having<lb></lb>
the Benefit of his Testimony at this Present sessions But this Deponent<lb></lb>
believes and makes no Doubt of having the said Mr. Caldecott at the next<lb></lb>
sessions to give Evidence against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n74-6">Hannah Benson</rs>
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<p n="75">Sworn in Court at Justicehall<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo50">the old Bailey</rs>
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in the Suburbs of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo51">City of London</rs>
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or Monday the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15061_date11">5th day of March 1749</rs>
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<p n="76">By the County</p>
<p n="77"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n77-1">Frans. Wabers</rs>
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