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A63178 The tryal of John Giles at the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly, held by adjournment from the 7th day of July, 1680 until the 14th day of the same month the adjournment being appointed on purpose for the said Giles, his trial for a barbarous and inhumane attempt to assasinate and murther John Arnold. Giles, John.; England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London) 1681 (1681) Wing T2192; ESTC R24640 35,802 58

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