The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason (1794) [ Concepts ]
… A. Never. Q. Did you never hear of one William Carter? A. Never. Q. Then, of course, you never heard that he was in confinement at all? A. Stay, Mr. Counsel, give me leave to say, I was in company with a Mr. Carter, a musician, at the … for him ? A. Yes; perhaps, I gave him a shilling, or half-a-crown, or a guinea, or five guineas, towards his relief, in confinement; but I do not know that I did to maintain him in his confinement; I did not recollect the name of Carter any more than I do your's. Q. That is then what you now mean to swear …
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