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27th. day of February 1787
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Who being upon Oath saith that the beginning
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of January 1786 the Person now present who
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Norton Falgate
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Look'd out Two Watches of the value of Twenty
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eight Pounds and in Payment for the
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same published to this Informant the Bill
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Street Borough For the Payment of Thirty Pounds
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14th. 1785 and Purporting to be accepted by the
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Informant that Mr. Buckley on Whom the Bill
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Street and as a Voucher of the
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validity of the acceptance of said Bill of Exchange
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said Gregson producd to this Informant at
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the same time the Letter now produced
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Purporting to be a Letter from said Mr. Buckley
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to this Informant That he hath since inquired
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of said Mr. Buckley whether the acceptance of
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the said Bill of Exchange in his acceptance
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which he has denied
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Sworn before me
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the day and Year aforesaid}
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N. Bond
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