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I am the lawyer defending Sir Walter Raleigh in this case. He has been charged with treason. The story is that Sir Walter Raleigh brought his daughter, brother and wife to an unestablished place that is soon to be called Roanoke. There were a lot of storms and things, so they couldn’t establish it, so they left. Sir Walter came back, except this time, he didn’t bring his brother along. He got there and established it with his wife and daughter, but there was trouble. So, Sir Walter went to England to try and get help for them, but got caught up with the Queen and her maid. He got thrown in jail. Sir Walter didn’t get back to Roanoke for a while, and when he did, his daughter and wife were gone. Sir Walter Raleigh is innocent because he didn’t

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