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1779. 1 Term. [Tuesday] Jan: 19.

Gorachund Dutt
v
William Hosea and Rajah Dularoy.
This was an action of Trespass for imprisonment and taking Goods.
Mr. Newman, Moved, on an affidavit of Mr. Naylor, the Company’s Attorney, for twenty days time to plead and give Notice of Justification. The Justification intended is that the Acts call’d Trespasses are the Execution of Process on a Decree of the Adaulut or Court of Justice at Moorshedabad, and they have not sent all the Proceedings in the Cause except the Warrant for Execution.
Impey. If you wanted to plead the Warrant might be necessary, but for drawing a Notice it can not be necessary.
The Rule for giving Notice instead of Pleading, is principally for the benefit of the Company, for it is cheifly in their Causes there is occasion for Justifications. I do not know why you should have time. I have seen no kind of Indulgence which has been shewn to the Company which has been attended with any good effect whatsoever. It ended with granting
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