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Of them did not receive from this Defendant directly or indirectly some Bribes Douceaur or Emolument for their said or connivance or the aid or connivance of some or one and which of them in receiving into the warehouse of the Complainants at Calcutta and passing the said alledged bad Silk of this Defendant furnished for the said Subscription Investment and for not rejecting the same And whether the said Bribe Douceaur or Emolument was not either paid to them severally by this Defendant himself or to the President or some other member or members of the said Board of Trade or some Person or Persons employed by them or some or one and which of them for their use and on their account or on account of some or one and which of them and whether besides the Profits alledged by the Bill to have been given to this Defendant to the said President and Members of the said Board of Trade this defendant did not give some certain Sum or Sums of money Presents Gifts Bribe or Promises at some one or more time
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