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Who being Oath says that on the 16th. day of December
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present with Lewis Poole now present when he this Informant
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drew a Receipt for two Guineas paid to the said Lewis Poole by
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as a Reward offered by a certain Advertisement
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which Receipt contained a Promise that the said Lewis Poole
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should return the said two Guineas to the said
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if this Informant did not appear upon a certain Trial
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which was expected to come on between the said
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& some other Person which Receipt the said Lewis
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Poole signed and the same was delivered to the said
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, says that no part of the said receipt was written
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, and further says that he does
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verily believe that the Name Lewis Poole signed to a
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Promissory Note for Payment of Money now Produced purporting
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to be the Promissory Note of Lewis Poole for the Payment
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of two pounds two Shillings unto
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or Order on Demand
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dated Decr. 16 1772 is not of the Handwritting of the said
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Lewis Poole but that the same is falsely made forged
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and Counterfeited with Intention to defraud the said
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Lewis Poole, that he this Informant has never since been
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required to appear upon an Trial by the said
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Sworn before me
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July 13. 1773}
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