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made his Escape Upon Notice whereof Leary and Jordon absented
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themselves And they the Said
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Brown Martin Leary
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and Jordon with
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One Edge the Purser of the Said Privateer and one Burgess are
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now Secreting themselves in and about London as he the Said Barry
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has been in the several Matters aforesaid fully informed and verily
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believes the Same.
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The said Ford Swears that on or about the 6th. of August
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1747. he went to the deced's lodgings at the said Three Crowns and
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found him very Weak being much bruised in the Face and Supposed
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him to be the like in his Body, and asking the Occasion the deceased
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declared he had the Night before been beat by the Persons aforementd.
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in manner aforesaid and that (as the Depot. was informed) after the
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Said Gabriel's Decease his Body was opened and that his death
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was occasioned by the bruises he had received as aforesaid And that
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the Several Persons absent themselves on Account thereof as the
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Dept. is Informed and Verily believes.
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The Petition of Brown & Edge Sets forth; That
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the Petitioner
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Robert Browne
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was on or about the 28th. day of August
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1747. tried in the
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for the pretended Murder of one
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Reilly and Acquitted.
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That the Petitioner
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John Edge
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appeared also in Court at that time
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and was examined as a Witness but in no wise Charged with or
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Impeached for the Said Crime.
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That Since the Petitioners Arrival in England One
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James
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Reilly
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the Father of the Deceased Obtained a Warrant from a Justice
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of the Peace against the Petrs. for the Said Pretended Murder and the
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Petrs. hearing thereof Voluntarily Surrendered and found Sureties to
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appear and answer the said Charge.
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That the said Reilly as the Petrs. are informed hath applied
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By Petition for an Order to Send the Petitioners to Guernsey to be
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