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Saith that on or about the 3d. of this Month
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he met with One
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Wm. Hawke
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& a Person now Present
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who calls himself
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James Field
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& a
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t Woman who calls
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herself
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Elizabeth Clayton
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they all Went to the play
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together and had some Conversation concerning a
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Pocket Book containing Notes & Bills which Hawke & Jas he had got And the
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Next Morning this Informant met the said
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Jas Field
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& Hawke asked this
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Informant to geo & Drink with them which he
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agreed to & as they were going along Hawke & Field
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asked him if he could Pass off a 20L Note & he
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Answered that he knew nothing about Notes
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& Could not Undertake to Passing off And this
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Informant & Field went into a Public House
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that soon after Hawke came
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in & brought the Bill of Exchange now produced
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& shewed it to this Informant & asked him if
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he could pass it & he told him he could not upon
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which Hawke told him that he should have most
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part of the Money & a Watch if could get it off
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Whereupon Field sayd you can get this ofd will
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enough for that he Field. had got a 20L Note
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off a four Days before And this Informant was
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prevailed upon and did take the said Bill of
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Exchange which he kept by him till Yesterday
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when being Distressed for Money he sent the said
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Bill of Exchange & by his Brother
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David Rhodes
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as
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is above related And this Informant further
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saith that about 3, or 4 Days after the Delivery
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of the Bill of Exchange to him Field & Hawke
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together applied to him & enquired whether he
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had passed of the said Bill & they both applied
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to him a Second time & made the same Enquiry
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& upon finding he had not Passed it off they proposed
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to this Informant that it should be Burnt
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because Hawke sayd it would Transport
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then upon which this Informant refused to
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Deliver it & kept it till it was produced by his
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Brother as above
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