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the defendant has been in the service of English gentlemen as Barrister: he has been Banian [ILL] [young?] Mr. Beecher, & to others, whose names I do not recollect. I do not know, whether he was in the service of Moore & Lacy.

Qu: by the Jury.
If a mate Sercar, as Saum [ILL] was, of a Europe shopkeeper was to bring you a watch would you buy it, or undertake to sell it for him without asking his Mar?
A. Yes, if I knew the Sercar to be a trusty person I might.