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and which receipt is produced by the said
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Lyon Elean
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& by him averred to be the receipt of this Informant is
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a false forged and Counterfeit receipt the same not
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being the proper hand writing of this Informant nor had
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this Informant any Money transactions with the said
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Lyon Elean on the third of September 1774 nor any not
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or Draft transacted with him untill September the 15th
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of September 1774And this Informant further saith
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That the she false forged Counterfeit receipt produced
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by the said Elean is produced as a set off. of the aforesaid
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Drafts with intent to cheat and defraud this Informant
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And this Informant
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John Fikes
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for himself saith that
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he is in Copartnership with the other Informant
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and was present with his partner at the time of the
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Transaction with the said Lyon Elean in respect to the
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said Lyon Elean is averring that the three first mentioned
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Drafts were destroyed & saith that at the same time
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the Lyon Elean pulled his Book out & this Informant
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saw therein one of the said three Drafts for the
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£20 which this Informant snatched out of
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his hand &
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destroyed & then the said Elean
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again
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averred that
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the other two were destroyed upon which the other Informt.
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his partner gave the two other drafts. the One for £100
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& the other for £50 And this Informt. further saith that
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he was present when the said Elean applied and got the
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two receipts abovementioned and confirms the account
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of that Transaction given by the other Informant and
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this Informant further saith that the aforesaid receipt
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for One hundred & Sixty pound is a false forged and
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Counterfeit receipt & is not of the hand Writing of
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the other Informant
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William Hart
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his
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Severally Sworn before Us
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the
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4th. day of January 1775
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Jno. Machin
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Saunders Welch
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