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These are to Certify that the General Session of<lb></lb>
Oyer and Terminer of our Lord the King holden for the<lb></lb>
City of London on Monday the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15087_date3">fourth day of December<lb></lb>
in the 16th. Year of the reign of his present Majesty</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15087_n28-1">David Roche</rs>
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in pursuance of his recognizance<lb></lb>
entered unto in the Court of Kings Bench on Thursday<lb></lb>
next after the Octave of Saint martin in the 16th Year<lb></lb>
aforesaid appeared and pleaded Not Guilty to &<lb></lb>
was Read upon in Indictment against him for<lb></lb>
the wilful Murder of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15087_n28-2">John Furgusson</rs>
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at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15087_geo5">Cape of Good Hope</rs>
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on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15087_geo6">Coast of Africa</rs>
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in parts<lb></lb>
beyond the Seas without England and was by<lb></lb>
the Jury acquitted<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of the Felony and<lb></lb>
Murder charged against him by the said Indicted<lb></lb>
and the said recognizance returned to the said<lb></lb>
Session and filed amongst the proceedings of the<lb></lb>
said Court was by Order of the same Court Discharged<lb></lb>
Dated the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15087_date4">10th. day of February in the Year of<lb></lb>
our Lord 1776</rs>
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Clk. of the sd Sess. Ab & T<obscured></obscured>
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