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<p n="291">both said Letter as she received them to her said Master<lb></lb>
And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-1">James Willes</rs>
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for himself Saith that he,<lb></lb>
received two Letters on said Evening from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-2">Ann Lee</rs>
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that one of them is the Letter now produced Signed <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-6">Wm.<lb></lb>
Heynes</rs>
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dated <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo237">Chipping Norton</rs>
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Tuesday Decr. 16th 1788<lb></lb>
that is purports to have Contained three Banbury Bank<lb></lb>
Bills For 5 Guineas Each that on Opening the said<lb></lb>
Letter this Informant Observed that the Wafer was<lb></lb>
Wet and on Examining the Contents of the Letter found<lb></lb>
that it Contained only two Banbury Bank Biles for Five<lb></lb>
Guineas Each, That the Informant on the same<lb></lb>
Evening Wrote to Mr. Heynes at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo238">Chipping Norton </rs>
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And<lb></lb>
Informed him that he had received only two Bills in his<lb></lb>
said Letter And on the 20th received another Letter from<lb></lb>
him that he had Sent three Bills & that the Missing<lb></lb>
Bill was No. W 2907 dated Banbury Bank Octor.<lb></lb>
20th. 1786 And further saith that he saw the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-3">Thomas<lb></lb>
Giles</rs>
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on Friday Morning the 19th Instant and enquired<lb></lb>
of him concerning the Opening of the said Letter when<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-7">Thos. Giles</rs>
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denied all knowledge of it And<lb></lb>
this Informant saith this the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-4">Thomas Giles</rs>
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soon<lb></lb>
afterward returned to this Informant and<lb></lb>
voluntarily Acknowledged that he had Opened the<lb></lb>
Said Letter<del>on <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo239">Lambeth Marsh</rs>
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a little Distance<lb></lb>
from Informants House</del>
And gave for a reason that<lb></lb>
having Omitted to deliver it he Opened it for the purpose<lb></lb>
of knowing whether it was of Consequence to delay<lb></lb>
the Delivery till the next day & observing it to<lb></lb>
Contain Bills he immediately returned with it to<lb></lb>
Mr Willes's That the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n291-5">Thomas Giles</rs>
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denied having<lb></lb>
taken any Bill thereout but Promised this Informant<lb></lb>
to make up to him the Value of the Bill if he would<lb></lb>
not Make known the Circumstance at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo240">the Post<lb></lb>
Office</rs>
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<p n="292">Sworn before me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45037_date58">31st. Dec. 1788</rs>
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W Aiddington.</p>
<p n="293"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n293-1">Jno: Newman</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n293-2">Ann Lee</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n293-3">James Willes</rs>
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