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September 1799.
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him that I thought the more so, as Evans was in
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that I had done what Mr.. Aris asked me
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to do and that he was to do as he pleased upon the
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subject I believe I met
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Butcher
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in the afternoon
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Did you learn from the Governor at any time that
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lent him the £100. the first time I heard
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from the Governor that he had borrowed the £100.
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from Butcher was after the Discharge of Evans
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the Governor said to me how to you think your
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Friend Samuel
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has served me, I said
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I could not tell, the Governor said you knew he lent
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me £100.? So I understand the Governor replied
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a Blackguard fellow of the Name of
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me by a Special Original as I was going to the
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Session House and I have paid £14. or £15. for the
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favor I have been in the habits of intimacy with
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, that he is a Man that Witness would believe
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upon his Oath, I know nothing how the Certificate
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was Obtained but believe that Evans was ill in
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the Prison; I have heard Evan's brother say that
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he was ill, Mr.. Baldwin gave me the Certificate
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Mr.. Butcher came to the Duke of Portlands Office
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and asked if any return had been made that a
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and
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he came in short to know if that Certificate had
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been returned I told him that it had and that
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the Remission was prepared and gone to the King
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for Signing Mr.. Butcher came to me twice the
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same day, he said the Certificate is gone to the
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, I told him it was not returned;
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being asked whether he thought Evans ill when he
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was in Prison answered I did that Mr.. Aris has
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many times called at the Secretary of States Office to
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prevent improper Pardons being obtained I do not
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think Mr.. Aris a Man capable of frabicating a
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Certificate to obtain a Pardon, I do not think him
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Capable of it nor do I think he did it I do not reelect
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