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tried by a Court Martial upon the said last mentioned charge or accusation, and to be dismissed from the service of the said United Company: Whereas, in truth and in fact, the said Francis Balladon Thomas had not, and, in truth and in fact, the said John Bristow well knew that the said Francis 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, and, in truth and in fact, the said John Bristow well knew that the said Francis Balladon Thomas was not amenable to martial law, or liable to be lawfully arrested or imprisoned by any person or persons whatsoever, or to be lawfully tried by any Court Martial whatsoever, or to be dismissed from the service of the said United Company, upon or by virtue or by reason of the said last mentioned charge or accusation of him, the said John Bristow; 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 oppress and injure the said Francis Balladon Thomas, and to deprive him of his good name and reputation, and, against the due form of law, to vex and disturb him, 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 East India Company, without the consent of the said Francis Balladon Thomas; afterwards, to wit, on the said 7th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1784, at Calcutta aforesaid, and maliciously wrote and presented, or cause to be wrote and presented to the said General Giles Stibbert a certain other charge or accusation against the said Francis Balladon Thomas, for a matter and cause not triable and determinable by the law martial, or any other law or custom whatsoever, for the holding plea whereof, or therefore trying, determining or punishing the said Francis Balladon Thomas, no Court Martial ever had, or now has cognizance or jurisdiction, to wit, for that 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 the said Francis Balladon Thomas, upon the charge or accusation last aforesaid, unjustly and maliciously, and against the law of the land, caused to be arrested and imprisoned, and to be detained in prison for a long space of time, to wit, for the space
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