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 dicovery had been made, yet too well knowing the truth, began to think of uing the ame method, which he had heard before put in practice, of delivering herelf from any impertinence; for as to danger, he was not ufficiently vered in the laws to apprehend any.

In the mean time the mother, at the olicitation of ome of her relations, who, notwithtanding the tout denial of the wife, had given credit to the tory, had applied herelf to a magitrate, before whom the Totnes man appeared, and gave evidence as is before mentioned. Upon this a warrant was granted to apprehend the Doctor, with which the contable arrived at her houe, jut as he was meditating her ecape.

The huband was no ooner eized, but the wife threw herelf into the greatet agonies of rage and grief, vowing that he was injured, and that the information was fale and malicious, and that he was reolved to attend her huband wherever they conveyed him.

And now they all proceeded before the Jutice, where a trict examination being made into the affair, the whole happened to be true, to the great hock and atonihment of every body; but more epecially of the poor wife, who fell into fits, out of which he was with great difficulty recovered.

The whole truth having been dicloed before the Jutice, and omething of too vile, wicked and candalous a nature, which was found in the Doctor’s trunk, having been produced in evidence againt her, he was committed to Bridewell, and Mr. Gold, an eminent and learned counellor at law, who lives in thoe parts, was conulted with upon the occaion, who gave his advice that he hould be proecuted at the next eions, on a claue in the vagrant act, for having by fale and deceitful practices endeavoured to impoe on ome of his Majety’s ubjects. As