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<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1064-1">James Witherspoone</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45001_geo463">St. Thomas's<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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in the County aforesaid <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45001_occ231">Barber</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1064-2">Dorothy</rs>
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his<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45001_occ232">Wife</rs>
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taken before Me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the<lb></lb>
County aforesaid</p>
<p n="1065">Who being on Oath severally say as follows<del>And</del>
That on Sunday was Seven night<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-9">Catharine Lindon</rs>
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being at this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-1">James Witherspoones</rs>
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Shop produced a Poster<lb></lb>
Bank bill in the presence of these Informants and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-2">William Blacket</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-10">Thomas Yeats</rs>
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And the<lb></lb>
said Catharine Lindon held the same up in her hand and Shewed it to this Informants and<lb></lb>
the said other persons And the said Dorothy for herself<del>severally</del>
Saith that this Informant<lb></lb>
is positive that it was a Twenty pound bill And thinks and verily beleives that the<lb></lb>
Word Post was<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in large Characters upon the Upper part of the said bill And saith<lb></lb>
that She doth not recollect the Name of the Person to whom the said Bill was Payable<lb></lb>
but is certain the Word (Esqr.) followed the said Name And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-3">Catherine<lb></lb>
Lindon</rs>
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asking if<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
anybody knew where She could it discounted the said<lb></lb>
Blacket then answered that he knew one Levi a Jew in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45001_geo465">Dukes Place</rs>
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that would<lb></lb>
discount it five Shillings in the Pound And these Informants further Severally Say<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-4">Catharine Lindon</rs>
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being at this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-5">James Witherspoones</rs>
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said<lb></lb>
Shop again last night the discourse of discounting the said Post bill was received<lb></lb>
And the said Blacket then offered to get it<del>discount</del>
discounted by one Levi a Jew<lb></lb>
And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-6">James Witherspoone</rs>
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for himself further Saith that this<lb></lb>
Informant and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-7">Catharine Lindon</rs>
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and the said Blacket set out from this<lb></lb>
Informants in Order to go to the said Levi to get the said Bill discounted but this<lb></lb>
Informant and the said Lindon & Blacket going into an Alehouse on <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45001_geo466">Saffron hill</rs>
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to<lb></lb>
drink Blacket then Objects agt going to said Levis then for he was not at home<lb></lb>
And there upon said that one Mr. Morgan<del>was</del>
would discount Whereupon this Informant<lb></lb>
and the said Blacket and Lindon went to the said Morgans house And the said<lb></lb>
Morgan in this Informants hearing offered to lend five Guineas on the said Bill<lb></lb>
but on asking the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1065-8">Catharine Lindon</rs>
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some Questions afterwards declared he<lb></lb>
would have nothing to do with it</p>
<p n="1066"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1066-1">James Witherspoon</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1066-2">Dorothy Witherspoon</rs>
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Both Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45001_date17">20th. day of<lb></lb>
December 1756</rs>
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before Me</p>
<p n="1068"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45001_n1068-1">Saunder Welch</rs>
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