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THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE KING'S Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery, FOR THE CITY of LONDON, and COUNTY of MIDDLESEX, HELD AT JUSTICE-HALL, in the OLD-BAILEY, During the MAYORALTY of the Rt. Honble Sir George Mertins, Knight, LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON.
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In the 11th Year of His MAJESTY's Reign.
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1725.
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LONDON:
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Printed for
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, in Little Britain.
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THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE KING's Commission of the Peace, AND
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Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held for the CITY of London, and COUNTRY of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily,
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On Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, being the 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th of December, in the Eleventh Year of his MAJESTY's Reign.
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BEFORE the Right Honourable Sir
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GEORGE MERTTINS
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, Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice King, Mr. Justice Dormer, Mr.
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John Raby
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Esq; Sergeant at Law, and several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London and Country of Middlesex.
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The JURORS were as followeth:
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The London Jury
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The Middlesex Jury.
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The Proceedings were as follows, viz.
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