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"Can you swear to the bill?" "I can; I wrote my name and the day of the month on it at the time; here they are." "Indeed! how happened you to do that?" "I did it at the request of the gentleman who sits by your side;" and the witness pointed to Captain Sedley. "Who was the person that gave you the bill?" "I do not know his name." CAN YOU SWEAR TO THE BILL I CAN I WROTE MY NAME IN THE DAY OF THE MONTH ON IT AT THE TIME HERE THEY ARE INDEED HOW HAPPENED YOU TO DO THAT I DID IT THAT REQUESTS THE GENTLEMAN WHO SITS BY YOUR SIDE AND THE WITNESS POINTED TO CAPTAIN SUDLEY WHO IS THE PERSON THAT GAVE YOU THE BILL I DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME
e-keeper, who testified to the facts concerning the twenty dollar bill. "Is that the bill you marked?" asked the lawyer, handing him a bank-note. "It is," replied the witness, after examining it. "You are willing to swear that is the bill?" "I am." "Please state to the court and jury the means by which you identify it." The witness exhibited his shop-card upon the back of it, and pointed out several other peculiarities which he had observed while stamping it. "Mr. Stevens," said the lawyer. "That will do, Mr. Doolittle." The person called took the stand. He was a stranger in Rippleton, and the audience wondered what he could possibly know about it. "Your business, Mr. Stevens?" continued the lawyer, scratching furiously with his pen. "I keep a hardware store in Boston." "Did you ever see this bill?" and Squire Benson handed him the bank-note. "I have." "State, if you please, what you know about it." "It was given to me in payment for a fowling-piece." "When?" The witness gave the date. FORCIBLE THE FIRST WITNESS WAS MISTER DOLITTLE THE STOREKEEPER WHO TESTIFIED TO THE FACTS CONCERNING THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL IS THAT THE BILL YOU MARKED ASKED THE LAWYER HANDING HIM A BANK NOTE IT IS REPLIED THE WITNESS AFTER EXAMINING IT YOU ARE WILLING TO SWEAR THAT IS THE BILL I AM PLEASE STATE TO THE COURT AND JURY THE MEANS BY WHICH YOU IDENTIFY IT THE WITNESS EXHIBITED HIS SHOP CARD UPON THE BACK OF IT AND POINTED OUT SEVERAL OTHER PECULIARITIES WHICH HE HAD OBSERVED WHILE STAMPING IT MISTER STEPHENS SAID THE LAWYER THAT WILL DO MISTER DOOLITTLE THE PERSON CALLED TOOK THE STAND HE WAS A STRANGER IN RIPPLETON AND THE AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW ABOUT IT YOUR BUSINESS MISTER STEVENS CONTINUED THE LAWYER SCRATCHING FURIOUSLY WITH HIS PEN I KEEP A HARDWARE STORE IN BOSTON DID YOU EVER SEE THIS BILL AND SQUIRE BENSON HANDED HIM THE BANK NOTE I HAVE STATE IF YOU PLEASE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT IT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN PAYMENT FOR A FOWLING PIECE WHEN THE WITNESS GAVE THE DATE
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