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maketh Oath that he this Deponent did on the ninth
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day of this Instant October Enquire of Mrs Lovett of Turton
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Street whether the said
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Martha Read
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lodged at her House
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bring her last place of Abode in Order to have served the said
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with Notice
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in Writing to have pleaded and Taken my Tryal at
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this present Sessions held at the Court House in and for
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the City and Liberty of
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, on the Indictment
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And this
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Deponent further saith that the said Mrs. Lovett did on
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the said ninth day of October Instant acquaint this Deponent
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that the said
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had left her Lodgings and
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Cou'd not tell this Deponent where the said Martha
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Read was gone to Lodge or Cou'd give any Account where
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Sworn in Court
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this 19th. Octr. 1753
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Forbes
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