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Worcester County Grand Jury for the concealling a Taxable
who resided, as the Deponant was informed Within the
reputed Lines of Worcester upon Which the said Outten
asked this Deponant what he had best do, in the matter
when this Deponent Advised that a warrant should be got in
order to take the Several persons af s^d and have them brought
to Justice, which might easily be done after the Issuing the
Warrant, as the Sheriff and Constable might Take such a
number of men as would be able to withstand their Insults
and take them that a Warrant was obtained and the said
Deponent with sundry other persons at the request of the
said Outten went with him to take the said Mullineux (who
had made his Escape from the said Outten) and Sundry
other persons for whom the said William Outten had process
and refused to be Taken That after Some Time and before
they met with any of the persons they were in pursuit of they
divided into two Companies and this Deponent with one of
the Companies went to go to the House of the af s^d Mullinex
and the afs^d Outten with the other Company went to the
House of one John Willey a person for whom the said Outten
had process, and the Constable a Warrant; That after some
time this Deponent Left the House to which he went and
Went to the afs^d Willeys where he found the said Outten
who told this Deponent that Willey was Taken but that he
had got up into the Loft of his House and would not Sur-
render himself. This Deponent went into the House saw the

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said Willey in the Loft having in his hands a large Pole or
club to defend and prevent himself from being Taken away,
that after Several fruitless Attempts by the said Outten to
get into the Loft where the said Willey was the said Outten
having a Slip of plank in his hand Willey Struck at him.
with his pole and beat the plank out of the said Outtens
Hands which fell on the said Willys Wifes head and cut it
so that it coloured her cap about the bigness of a Dollar, this
Deponent Went to the Woman and Examined the wound and
found the Cut about one Inch Long but Little deeper than the
Skin, The said Outten signified to this deponent to Walk out
with him which he did when the said Outten requested this
Deponent to Advise him what was best to be done upon which
this Deponent thinking it Dangerous to persist and being
Apprehensive that murder wou'd ensue from a continuance
of their Endeavours to Take Willy, advised it to be most
prudent to desist and make offers to have the matters settled
by the Justices of Sussex and Worcester Countys which the
said Outten agreed by and upon its being mentioned, the said
Willy also agreed; upon which this Deponant bid them Fare-
well; Outten and the Rest were going off without any further

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