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Justices of the peace
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for the
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a perck of Coals & a Stript Gown out of the
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or give any Evidence there on any
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Bill to be preferred For the Felony aforesd & this
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Depont further Maketh Oath that he this Depont
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knoweth nothing of the Felony above menconed
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sd Mr Chocks of wth the sd Fox knew as mush as
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Jurat
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16 oo. die Octobris
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1727
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Walter
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Jarvis Thornton
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