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the Sheriff,
who had commanded
to the minds of himself and the other parties at the time when the exaction or suggestion
was attempted. Dr. Legge shows
that Mr Mitchell considered the
Turnkey to blame for having "run up such a bill." Therefore the Cookshopman cannot have
been considered by the defendant
at that time, as having acted under the authority of the
Convicts under his and the Turnkey's Custody. Dr. Legge further shows that the Turnkey
under the very just impression that for provisions
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supplied the chief authority
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it, was liable to pay the Cookshopman, – had endeavored to induce
the Sheriff, through the instrumentality of him (Dr. Legge) the defendant's friend, to pay
the
amount demanded;
- and that he, the friend
consulted, was at the time persuaded that for the amount
traded, whatever that might be,
the defendant was liable to the
bookshop man, jointly with the Turnkey - "they ought to be
told the latter, to cut it down
to its just dimensions, and pay
it between them;" not a word