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Maketh Oath and saith that he did Yesterday deliver a
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Mrs. Wharry the Landlady of the
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House where the prosecutrix lives who said she was at
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the would give the same to her the Purport of his which Notice
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after as Councel could be heard that the Recognizances
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entred into for the Defts. in this Cause night be
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Respited till next Sessions
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Sworn in Court
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By the Court
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