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Plea – that Deft is in nothing guilty of the premises.
Issue thereon joined.
The 2 Depos-s taken in my absence.

1. of Thomas Adams.
2 Wts is [ILL] saw Deft I 84 or 86 at [ILL] Ceylon. He at 2 yrs [ILL] Deft comd the [ILL] & wts [ILL] from him by barter some Beetlenut; & 12 bags of rice for nothing, said to be the Company’s Wts’s vessel was in distress for victuals & no rice to be bought.
2. of Wm. Delmont
who only proves the account Exg: A to be Deft’s handwriting.

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Examd now
3d Wts – Mr. Robt Nairne
qu. v.