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cis Balladon Thomas had not been guilty of any conduct or behaviour unbecoming the character of a gentleman; and whereas, in truth and in fact, the said Francis Balladon Thomas was not, at the time of the writing or presenting the said charge and accusation, or at the time of the said arrest and imprisonment, or at any other time before or since, amenable to martial law, or liable to be lawfully arrested or imprisoned by the said Giles Stibbert, or by any person or persons whatsoever, or to be Lawfully tried by any Court Martial whatsoever, upon, or by virtue of, or on account of the said charge and accusation so preferred against him, as aforesaid, by the said John Bristow; but the said John Bristow maliciously made and presented the said charge and accusation to the said Giles Stibbert, with the intention that the said Francis Balladon Thomas might be arrested and imprisoned and detained in prison, against the laws and customs of the Realm, and be discharged from the service of the said United Company, whereby the said Francis Balladon Thomas was hindred and prevented from transacting his lawful affairs and business, and was put to great shame and disgrace, lost his office of Surgeon in the service of the said United Company, and was injuriously compelled to lay out and expend divers large sums of money, to wit, at Calcutta aforesaid: And also, for that the said John Bristow, of his further malice against the said Francis Balladon Thomas, and again contriving and maliciously intending to injure the said Francis Balladon Thomas, and to deprive him of his good name, credit and character, and to bring and expose him to great public disgrace and infamy, and to deprive him of his liberty, and to cause him to be detained in prison, and to be discharged from the service of the said United Company; afterwards, to wit, on the said 7th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1784, wrongfully, falsely, and maliciously, and without any reasonable or probably cause, caused and procured the said Francis Balladon Thomas to be arrested and taken into custody on a certain other charge and accusation of his the said John Bristow, that he, the said Francis Balladon Thomas had been guilty of conduct and behaviour unbecoming the character of a gentleman, in having demanded from him, the said John Bristow, payment of a bill for medicines and professional attendance, whilst he, the said John Bristow, was Resident at Lucknow; and, thereupon, to be kept and detained in prison for a long space of time, to wit, for the space of three months then next following, and to be publicly
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