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<interp inst="t17630413-36-person394" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> , and that he was on board the Tyger-hulk and Panther; he having some few days before come to demand wages as a seaman on board the Reasonable, which was in the West-Indies, and the Tyger-hulk and Panther were in the East-Indies; there were ten men there that did belong to the Tyger, all declared there were no such man on board. (The prisoner was a black.)</p>
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<p>The prisoner, in his defence, said, a baker that lives on Saltpeter-bank, delivered the tickets to him, and that Mr. Hooper was with the baker at the time, and that the baker gave him a shilling and desired him to go and receive his wages for him.</p>
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<p>186. (L.)
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<interp inst="t17630413-36-person394" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> , and that he was on board the Tyger-hulk and Panther; he having some few days before come to demand wages as a seaman on board the Reasonable, which was in the West-Indies, and the Tyger-hulk and Panther were in the East-Indies; there were ten men there that did belong to the Tyger, all declared there were no such man on board. (The prisoner was a black.)</p>
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<p>The prisoner, in his defence, said, a baker that lives on Saltpeter-bank, delivered the tickets to him, and that Mr. Hooper was with the baker at the time, and that the baker gave him a shilling and desired him to go and receive his wages for him.</p>
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