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The King and Frederick Deft. was Ind for obtaing. certain goods the property of
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under
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prefalse pretence of her being of the age of Twenty three years whereas in truth
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and in fact she was an inft. under thence
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and not of the age of Twenty three
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The evidence
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On the part of the pros: was produced a record of the
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Marshalsea Court
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to prove that
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an appin of debt
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had been camed on in that Court for the reconvey of
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the value of the goods and
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but
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that the deft. had obtained avudiet them by
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pleading her non age but no such thing appeared by the record where
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they
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then all
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produced a witness to give evidence of what passed at that
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trial - but the witness being objected to on the part of the deft. upon
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head the pror. dvnd their can
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argrement the Court rected such evidence in admisseble. - Upon
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this on the part of the deft. it was urged that as the pros: had failed
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in his proof that the defr. was
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under age defr. ought to be acquittd.
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and the Court inclining to this opinion the matter went to the Pry
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but an observn. being made on the part of the pros: that tho' there was
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no proof of the non age the Jury might from this judgemt. from the
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appearance of the defr. an altercation ensued and the defts. Counsel
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prayed after this suggestion to be allowed to go into his
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defined and
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examinr. of witnesses
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to the part of the deft:
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which the Ct. taking
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into Consedr.
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the opinion
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It was reclid 5 to 4 that as the matter was left
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to the jury the defts.
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would not now
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be promd
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to lay any further evidence before them. Deft was acquitted
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