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1779. 3 Sittings. Tuesday July 13th

Tuesday July 13th 1779.
The first day of the Sittings after the Third Term 1779.
Present
Sir E. Impey
Sir Robert Chambers
&
Mr. Justice Hyde.

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Nauderah Begum
v
Ewan Law, William Young and Shearman Bird, Esquires.

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An Action for Assault and Imprisonment for three Months, and keeping from Meat and Drink, three Days.
The Dammages were laid at Two Hundred Thousand Sicca Rupees.
Mr. Richard Tilghman, Advocate for the Plaintiff, Open’d the Plaint and the Notice of Justification.
Mr. Brix, Advocate for the Plaintiff, open’d the Case.
Mr. Brix. She not only was imprison’d but with circumstances of extraordinary severity. She was kept from Meat and Drink in Order to force her to sign a [writing?]