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<p n="2412">September 1799.</p>
<p n="2413">him that I thought the more so, as Evans was in<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ947">Custody</rs>
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that I had done what Mr.. Aris asked me<lb></lb>
to do and that he was to do as he pleased upon the<lb></lb>
subject I believe I met <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ948">Butcher</rs>
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in the afternoon<lb></lb>
Did you learn from the Governor at any time that<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ949">Butcher</rs>
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lent him the £100. the first time I heard<lb></lb>
from the Governor that he had borrowed the £100.<lb></lb>
from Butcher was after the Discharge of Evans<lb></lb>
the Governor said to me how to you think your<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n2413-1">Friend Samuel</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ950">Butcher</rs>
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has served me, I said<lb></lb>
I could not tell, the Governor said you knew he lent<lb></lb>
me £100.? So I understand the Governor replied<lb></lb>
a Blackguard fellow of the Name of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n2413-2">Atkinson Arrested</rs>
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<lb></lb>
me by a Special Original as I was going to the<lb></lb>
Session House and I have paid £14. or £15. for the<lb></lb>
favor I have been in the habits of intimacy with<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ951">Butcher</rs>
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, that he is a Man that Witness would believe<lb></lb>
upon his Oath, I know nothing how the Certificate<lb></lb>
was Obtained but believe that Evans was ill in<lb></lb>
the Prison; I have heard Evan's brother say that<lb></lb>
he was ill, Mr.. Baldwin gave me the Certificate<lb></lb>
Mr.. Butcher came to the Duke of Portlands Office<lb></lb>
and asked if any return had been made that a<lb></lb>
Certificate had been sent to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1660">Stamp Office</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
he came in short to know if that Certificate had<lb></lb>
been returned I told him that it had and that<lb></lb>
the Remission was prepared and gone to the King<lb></lb>
for Signing Mr.. Butcher came to me twice the<lb></lb>
same day, he said the Certificate is gone to the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1661">Stamp Office</rs>
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, I told him it was not returned;<lb></lb>
being asked whether he thought Evans ill when he<lb></lb>
was in Prison answered I did that Mr.. Aris has<lb></lb>
many times called at the Secretary of States Office to<lb></lb>
prevent improper Pardons being obtained I do not<lb></lb>
think Mr.. Aris a Man capable of frabicating a<lb></lb>
Certificate to obtain a Pardon, I do not think him<lb></lb>
Capable of it nor do I think he did it I do not reelect</p>
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