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to neglect nor impute any defect to the Law Authorizing your Trying British Subjects only, but I beleive the prosecution chooses to fail on this Point, because he knows he could not prove the fact alledged in the Indictment, that Mr. Christie was present when James Murray kill’d the Man, and I beleive they could not, because they first told the Jury differently, that is they said Mr. Christie gave the Orders, which were
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