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At the General Court Martial whereof Colo Jackson is President the 25th of Septr. Last, Capt. Andrew Porter of Artillery was tried upon the following Charges for falsely and Maliciously Misrepresenting the Conduct of Colo Thos. Proctor as an officer in Saying he Discharged Soldiers of his Regiment for his private Gain thereby Defrauding the United States, and from the same false and malicious Views Did Say that he had not more than thirty or Forty men in his Regiment on the Western Expedition Under Genl. Sullivan, and for Conduct Unbecoming an officer and a Gentleman towards Colo Proctor in the above mentioned Influence