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the above Named Prosecutor maketh Oath and saith that
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this Inditement which was found Yesterday by the Grand
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Jury is for the Murder of the late Mr
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keeping him there for Sixteen Days without permiting
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William Beckford
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James Jordine
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Material and Necessary
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for Debt in this Prison
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and this
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further saith that in Order to Obtain
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a Habeas Corpus to bring before this Honorable Court
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several of the above named Gentleman to give Testi-
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mony before the Grand Jury on this Indictment
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Copies of their Causes were applied for but could not be
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Obtained from the office of this Prison until after the
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Bill was presented as this
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is informed and
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