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1787. 4 Sittings. [Tuesday] Nov 27.
Practice to Facts of common notoriety and the same book goes on in the next paragraph to say, that matters which rest in the Defendant’s own knowledge he must answer to directly.
In Vernon, and 188 Hardres, though the Defendant denies the Equity, yet the Defendant is bound to answer and discover.
The fraud that Mr. Henchman, knowing that Seven Rupees a Seer was a sufficient price for Silk by his influence with the board of Trade, obtain’d a Contract at Thirteen Rupees a Seer, is not the only fraud charged in the Bill.
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