1781-06-29 (static/transcriptions/1781/06/068.jpg)

1781 Sessions [Friday] June 29th

….on the Jury Mr. John Rider. He was objected to by Mr. Hicky, and in support of the objection Mr. Hicky produced and read to the Court a Paper which he said was an affidavit which a Gentleman, Mr. Watts, was ready to swear: The substance of the Paper was, that Mr. John Rider in Conversations at Serampore or some other Place in the hearing of Mr. Watts, had said that he thought many of Mr. Hicky’s Papers were libellous, and particularly those against Government, and that he (Mr. Rider) thought it would go hard with Mr. Hicky, if he should be brought before the Court, and if he (Mr. Rider) were
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