Middlesex ss

The Information of Thomas Yeats< no role > of the Bricklayers Arms
in Oxford Road Carver and Gilder taken before Me one of his Majestys
Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid

Who being on Oath Saith that on Sunday Seven night this Informant being at
Mr. Witherpools a Barbers in Thomas Street Drury Lane Catherine Lindon< no role > now
Present Produced a Bank Post bill of twenty Pounds and held the same up in her hand And on this
Informant asking her how She came by it She told this Informant first that
She had Picked it up in the Street and that What She found was her own And this
Informant asking her how it came it was not dirtied She Say'd She Picked it up in a Case
with other Notes and produced a Note of hand of Six Pounds Six Shillings and
Say'd that was one of them and that She had been offered four Guineas for the
last mentioned Note And She Publickly in the Barbers Shop having offered it to
be discounted oneBlacket Say'd that one Levia Jew would discount it
for five Shillings in the Pound And this Informant Saith that he cannot
recollect to whom the said Note was made Payable but that the word (Esqr.)
[..] followed after the Persons Name mentioned in the said Note And the
reason why this Informant questioned her how She came by it was That this
Informant thought She had Picked it out of some Gentleman Pocket
that She had laid with

Sworn the 20th. day of December
1756 before Me

Saunder Welch< no role >

Thos. Yates< no role >
That abovenamed Informant further on his Oath saith That this Information [..] last night in
Company with Joseph Groom< no role > and two other Persons upon Searching the house where the said
Catherine Lindon< no role > lodged found the Bank Post bill a No. 5044 Dated the 7th. Decr 1756 for
twenty Pounds now Produced wrapt up in a Paper and inclosed in a leather bag also now
Produced to this Informed And this Informant further saith that when the said Catharine
Lindon< no role > Shewed the Bank Post bill abovementioned to this Informant She Pulled it out
of the Leather bag last mentioned which was so found by this Informant as aforesaid

Resworn the 22d. day of
Decr. 1756 before Me

Saunder Welch< no role >

Thos, Yates< no role >