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the Deft. in this Cause maketh Oath that this Depts. husband being
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Indicted at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer held for the
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on Wednesday the twelfth
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day of October One thousand Seven hundred and forty three for wilful and Corrupt Perjury to which
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on or about Wednesday the thirteenth day of May One thousand seven hundred and fifty
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Pleaded not Guilty and Entred into Recognizance with Sureties to Try the Same And ths Depont Saith
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who is a very material Witness
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for the Defendt. in this Cause did before that time to wit in January One thousand Seven hundred &
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forty nine go beyond the Seas to
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about five hundred Miles beyond
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&
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is not yet returned and the said Ann Cherrier being then Pregnant and near the time of her
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Delivery as she informed this Depont. by a Letter dated on or about the month of Septr. Last
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by means whereof she was not able to come to England And this Depont. further Saith that by
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another Letter from the said Ann Cherrier this Depont. is informed and beleives that the said
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Ann Cherrier by reason of a further indisposition hath not been able to undertake a Journey to London
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without the utmost danger of Loosing her life and verily beleives the said Ann Cherrier
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will come to England on or about the Month of May next and not Sooner And this Depont.
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Saith that without the Testimony of the said Ann Cherrier the Defendt. cannot Safely proceed
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to Tryal, in the aforesaid Indictment And this Depont. further Saith that the Defendt.
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being an Attorney in the Court of Kings Bench in very publick Business and hath
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very constantly attended the Court at
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and other Places where business
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required him for upwards of Seven years after the said Indictment was found Yet he
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was not required to appear and plead to the said Indictment untill after the said Ann
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Cherrier was gone beyond Seas And this Depont. further saith that she this Depont. hath
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Reced a Letter from
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the husband of the said Ann Cherrier dated from
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the Eighteenth of this present Month New Still That she is now sick in
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which this Depont. beleives to be true.
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Sworn the
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17th. day of Septr.
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1751
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at Justice Hall in the
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By the Court
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B: Harrison
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