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on the Bock of it said" it was as good a Bill as any
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in England". That this Informant told said Clack that he had not
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Money to change said Bill, but which said Bill of Exchange this
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Informant kept and Lett him a Phaeton, a Pair of Horses and a
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Saddle horse the next Day to go to Barnett, and which he returned
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with at night. That the next day (being Monday) this Informant
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sent the said Bill of Exchange to the
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by a Friend
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to enquire whether said
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belonged there, who returned
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and told this Informant that one
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had been
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employed there but that he had been dismissed from thence
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about three years before on account of Bills and Notes. That
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said Clack on the Tuesday following sent for the Phaeton and Horses again,
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but this Informant refused to let him have them. That this
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Informant hath made strict enquiry after
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Thomas Smith
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the
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Drawer of said Bill in
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George Street
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, but could find
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no such Person That on Friday last this Informant out went to
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now present in Castle Sheet
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, where he saw said
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and Shewed him the said
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Bill of Exchange who took a Copy of it. That said Lorkin told
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this Informant that the Body of the Bill, was his Hand-writing and
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that he drew the Bill to accomodate Mrs. Middleton and to Keep
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up his Credit, and that the Indorsement
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'' was
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his Hand-writing. And the said
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John Partridge
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says that he was
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present with said
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at said Lorkins's house, and
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heard him say what is before adduced by said
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Francis Calvert
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And the said
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Elizabeth Whitmore
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says that she is well
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acquainted with the Hand-writing of the said
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Richard Middleton
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,
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that she has carefully examined the Bills of Exchange now produced
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and
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is very sure that the name "Richd. Middleton" (as Drawer
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of said Bill)
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or any other Part of it, is not the Hand-writing
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of
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now present And the said
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