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The King, on the prosecution of The
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the Sollicitor
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and saith That
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Mathew Bryan
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of sundry Notes purporting to be the Notes of the said Governor
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and Company called Bank Notes, for Foring of which Notes
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the
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Directors of the Bank this
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for the
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purpose of Investigating the business and Saith he received from
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the Note for Forging
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Forged Notes from the hands of the Magistrates there and this
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on Saturday the third
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in order to give Evidence against the said
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and others on or before the Twentieth day of this instant
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April, but he is not yet Arcived And this
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saith that he
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verily believes the said
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is detained by contrary
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winds, or by some other unavoidable accident, prevented from
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before this time according to his promise And
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is a
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material and absolutely necessary Witness on the part of the
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prosecution and without whose Testimony the Bank cannot
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safely proceed to Trial against the prisoner And Lastly
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this
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saith that he has no doubt of the said Mathew
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