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 that he always fetch'd the Country-Journal, or Craftſman, among the reſt. He was then ask'd where, and of whom he had them? Which Queſtion he anſwer'd as thus; that he had them from the Houſe of Mr. Francklin in Covent-Garden. He was alſo ask'd, if he paid for thoſe Journals call'd the Craftſman, and to whom? To which he anſwered, That he always paid about 7 l. a Week for them; and moſt commonly to Mr. Franklin's Wife. He was then ask'd, if he was poſitive that he paid for that Day's Journal of the 2d of January; to which he ſaid, he believ'd he did.

Thomas Lunnis, Aſſiſtant to Mr. Paine, Regiſter of Pamphlets, at the Stamp Office, depoſed, That he register'd the Advertiſements inſerted in the Country-Journal, or the Craftſman of Saturday 2d of January laſt, (which was the Day when the pretended Extract of the Hague Letter was publiſhed) that there were thirty eight of them, and that he ſent the Perſon, who came to Regiſter them, with a regular Note for the ſame, to the Receiver-General's Office. He was then asked, Who it was that came to Regiſter them, and in whoſe Name it was done? To which he anſwered, That it was a Servant of Mr.Franklin's, and that they were regiſtered in the Name of Richard Franklin. The Defendant's Council asked him, How he came to remember the Day? Whereupon he produced the Regiſter-Book, which corroborated his former Depoſition.

Mr. Webb was called, and ſworn, who depoſed, That Mr. Franklin's Servant came to him, from the Regiſter's Office, with thirty eight Shillings, being the Duty to the King, for thirty eight Advertiſements, by an Act of Parliament, and that he knew it was for the Country-Journal, or the Craftſman of the 2d of January laſt by his Books, which he pro-