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tried for affect upon which the Petitioner Brown hath been
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abready Acquitted there And the Petr. Edge Examinned in Court as a
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Witness therein as appears by the Several Acts of Court now in the
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Petitioners Custody ready to be produced and the affidavits of Comodore
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Action and Captain Pattle thereto annexed.
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That the Contents of the Said Reillys Petition is Entirely false
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& such his proceedings carried on merely to Extort Money from
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the Petitioner the said Reilly with the Assistance afford in
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the Said Reillys Petition mentioned having already extorted Six
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Guineas from One of the Ships Crew on pretence of Charging
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him with a felony & for which the Said Beilly and Ford Stand
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now Indicted.
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That the petitioners are ready and attending to make
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out their Innocence & Pray to be heard by Way of defence upon
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the Matter of the said Petition
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We have been attended by the said Petr. Reilly and by
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the Said Browne and Edge and also by Captain Pattle Comander
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of the said Privateer with several other of the Ships Company and
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the Several affidavits of Comodore Acton, Captain Pattle, Thomas
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Ubly,
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Grey Elliot
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, the said Edge and Browne and
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Richard Keyt
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have been laid before us (all which are herewith transmitted) And
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we humbly beg leave to Observe to Your Majesty; First that the
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Examinations or Affidavits of the Said Barry and ford do not
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Charge either the said Brown or Edge with being present or
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Privy to the beating the deceased on Shore and what is Sworn
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by them to have happened on or about the 5th. of August on Shore
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is only upon their Information and belief and their affidavits Appear
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to be contradicted in several Material Facts.
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And we further beg leave to represent to Your
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Majesty that the Case appears to us from the other affidts. to be
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ThusThat the Deceased was a Private Marine and not first
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