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1773

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Middlesex
to wit.}


The Information of Joseph
Grose
< no role > Lodger at Mrs. Pickets
at Brentford in the said County

Who on his Oath Saith that he was
Servant to One John Sherbott< no role > in Duck & Pond
Lane White Chappel from July last to the
begining of October that he was Imployed by
the said Sherbutt, and a Man whose Names
[..] is Matthew Arwood< no role > to go and buy Smugeled
Goods about Rye in Sussex and in other Places
in that County, saith that the said Sherbutt
Generally gave to the said Arwood bad and Counterfield
Gold and Silver of the Currant Coin of this reatm
intermixed with Good Money in Order to Cheat
Deceive, and Pass away for the Goods they were
to buy (to wit) Prohibited Goods, and that this
Informant had Often heard the said Sherbutt
and the said Arwood say that they had the bad
Coin of a Man Whose Name is Joseph Piddock< no role >
Alies Peddit, and one Day about last August
to the best of this Informants recollection the
said Arwood sent this Informant to the
House and Leaping bar White Chapel where
Piddock Alies Peddit used, for to Ask the said
Piddock Alias Peddit how he sold the Money
the said Peddock Alias< no role > Peddit, told this Informt
that he sold four Guineas for One Good
Guinea, and that he sold Seven and twenty
of the best Sort of Shillings, as her tonned it
for one Guinea, this Informant Saith that
he Asked him if he Could make two Shillings
for One he said he Could but they would not
weare Like the others, and then this Informt.
Gave the said Piddock twenty Shillings for




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