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Oath that the above named Defendant was Yesterday the 22d Instant
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Committed to Newgate by Mr. Alderman Wright on a Charge of
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having unlawfully defrauded this Deponent and his Partners
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of a Piece of Irish Linen and a piece of Muslin And this Deponent
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of Lawrence Lane London Warehouseman
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is as this Deponent is informed and believes a material Witness
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for such Offence and without whose
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testimony this Deponent cannot proceed to Prefer a Bill of Indictment
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in said in the County of
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about a Fortnight since (long before the said Elizabeth
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in Business and is not yet returned And this Deponent
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