army-agente;  aad,also  to:  enable  his;  Majesty  to  sue  for  and  ««  the  Secreta*
recover  the  balance  of  ino^fci  imprest^  to.  the  defendant,  to  call  for  the
remaining  in  his  hands,  and  those  of  the  representatives  n^gents*  **"
of  his  late  partner  deceased^  To  this  information  the  de-  J*1"**  ha*e  not

*  been  finally  set-

fendant  pleaded  in  bar  that  the  accounts  had  been  finally  tied,  the  defend -
settled  by  the  issuing1  of  charing  Warrants  periodically,  stated  account
after  a  complete  investigation  of  the  acgouqts* .  Upon'!?-  n^™^9*'
gument,  this  Couattwa^of  opinion  that  these  clearing  war-  ^V?4  Jg*-
xants  di4  dot  amount  &o  a  final '  settlement  of  the  accounts,  Courts  and  al-
and over-ruled  the  plea;  whereupon,  upon. the  application  cuments,  upon"
erf  the  defendant,,  an  odder  was  made,  that  the,  proceedings  J^S^I?*"
upon rthe  information  should  J>e ,  stayed, , until  \px  Maje^y's  were  feu*****

Attorney-General,  or  the  Secretary  at  War,  should  produce  and  the  defend-
ant depose*}  that
by  the  course  ttf
tkk  Warjpfi^ce,  tye^/o^a/^  w^bi*!^^  $e$°urt  "fiw*1  to  permit

the  defendant  to  amend  his  plea,  by  embodying  the  accounts, being  of  opinion  tbajfc  they  would
not  amount  to  a  plea  of k  stated  account.    ,     . . . '         >.''•;;:  ij.    <  •[   4

A  stated  account  is  a  clear  statement  of  accounts,  testified  by  the  signature  of  the  parties,  as.  evi-
dencing their  approbation  of  the  settlement,  so  as  to  bring  the  proof  to  a  single  point,  and.  not  to
rc^it  evidence,  by  the  eamnination  of  numerous  witnesses.
