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A75603 The arraignment and acquittal of Sr. Edward Mosely Baronet, indited at the Kings bench bar for a rape, upon the body of Mistris Anne Swinnerton. Ianuary 28, 1647. / Taken by a reporter there present, who heard all the circumstances thereof, whereof this is a true copy. 1648 (1648) Wing A3740; Thomason E426_23; ESTC R204582 5,203 16

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