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John Wilton
a Lath Splitter
of Newport absconded
imme- ly after the
Riots - was apprehended
in Bristol in consequence
of his declarations
as being at the
Westgate the morn-g
of the 4th and was
_______Newport
bro-t to
and detained for
several days
& taken before the
Magistrates was
proved to have
assisted Jno Lovell
the Wounded Man
indicted with Frost
to the House of a
Man named
Micah Jenkins
_____Wilton
The man ^ admitted
to Mr Phelps & the
Magistrates that
he did so But

[in right hand column -'marginal' notations
written alongside lines 15-18]
[?] Ma[gistra]t[e]-s
assisted Lovell
See Lovell

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the Magistrates
did not wish
the case to be
pressed & he
was discharged
& was very thankful
for being let off
without prosecution

Thomas
Son of Matthew
Thomas of Newport

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Aaron Horler
Blackwood

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Mem[orandum] as to
John Wilton

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