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<p n="80">and which receipt is produced by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n80-1">Lyon Elean</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& by him averred to be the receipt of this Informant is<lb></lb>
a false forged and Counterfeit receipt the same not<lb></lb>
being the proper hand writing of this Informant nor had<lb></lb>
this Informant any Money transactions with the said<lb></lb>
Lyon Elean on the third of September 1774 nor any not<lb></lb>
or Draft transacted with him untill September the 15th<lb></lb>
of September 1774And this Informant further saith<lb></lb>
That the she false forged Counterfeit receipt produced<lb></lb>
by the said Elean is produced as a set off. of the aforesaid<lb></lb>
Drafts with intent to cheat and defraud this Informant</p>
<p n="81">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n81-1">John Fikes</rs>
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for himself saith that<lb></lb>
he is in Copartnership with the other Informant<lb></lb>
and was present with his partner at the time of the<lb></lb>
Transaction with the said Lyon Elean in respect to the<lb></lb>
said Lyon Elean is averring that the three first mentioned<lb></lb>
Drafts were destroyed & saith that at the same time<lb></lb>
the Lyon Elean pulled his Book out & this Informant<lb></lb>
saw therein one of the said three Drafts for the<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
£20 which this Informant snatched out of<del>the Book</del>
his hand &<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
destroyed & then the said Elean<del>again</del>
averred that<lb></lb>
the other two were destroyed upon which the other Informt.<lb></lb>
his partner gave the two other drafts. the One for £100<lb></lb>
& the other for £50 And this Informt. further saith that<lb></lb>
he was present when the said Elean applied and got the<lb></lb>
two receipts abovementioned and confirms the account<lb></lb>
of that Transaction given by the other Informant and<lb></lb>
this Informant further saith that the aforesaid receipt<lb></lb>
for One hundred & Sixty pound is a false forged and<lb></lb>
Counterfeit receipt & is not of the hand Writing of<lb></lb>
the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n81-4">William Hart</rs>
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his <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ18">partner</rs>
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<p n="82">Severally Sworn before Us<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45023_date13">4th. day of January 1775</rs>
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<p n="83"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n83-1">Jno. Machin</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n83-2">Saunders Welch</rs>
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<p n="84"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n84-1">William Hart</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n84-2">John Fikes</rs>
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