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August 1788
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came to their Shop together
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to redeem a suit of Cloaths and a Hat which had
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been pledged ley said Mendoza for one Guinea
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that Mendoza produced the duplicate and said
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Balfort produced a Bank Note for Twenty Pounds
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them both their Names when they replied that their
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That Informant gave them eighteen Guineas and
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one penny as the Balance due upon said Twenty
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pound Note that they lack took a part of said
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Money and then went away and this Informant
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afterwards the same day sent the Note to the Bank
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That Yesterday said Mendoza asked this Informant
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what he had done with said twenty pound Note
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that Informant told him he had sent it to the
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