Middlesex to wit

The Information of Francis Calvert< no role > , John Partridge< no role > ,
Elizabeth Whitmore< no role > and Richard Middleton< no role > taken
before me this 14th.. day of August 1782.

Who being on Oath say and first the said Francis Calvert< no role > says that
in or about March 1781 a Person now present who calls himself John
Clack< no role > came to this Informants House in Theobalds Road and wanted
to hire a Phaeton which he refused him unless he the said John
Clack< no role > deposited £10 as a Security for the samethis Informant
not knowing him or where he lived. That said Clack left this
Informant saying "he would bring him the Money the next Day"
but which said Clack neglected to do. That about 3 or 4 Days af-
terwards this Informant received a Letter from said Clack desiring
him to meet him at Old Slaughters Coffee house whither he
went and saw him at Dinner with others That said Clack
proposed to this Informant to enter into an Agreement with
him that he this Informant should Serve him with a Phaeton
and a Pair of Horses for a limited Time, but which this
Informant refused to Comply with. That said Clack then asked
this Informant if he was going [..] this Informant replied
Yeswhen said Clack observed that he would be with this Informant
in a couple of Hours. That said Clack came to this Informants
house about the appointed time, took out of his Pocket the Bill
of Exchange now produced purporting to be the Bill of Exchange
of Richd.. Riddleton, on Mrs.. Thomas Smith< no role > George Street
Spittlefields London, for the Payment of Thirty Pounds, to Mrs.
Thomas Lorkin< no role > or Order,anddated Febry.. 8th.. 1781 and purporting
to be Accepted by the said Thomas Smith< no role > and which said Bill
of Exchange said Clack put into this Informant's hands saying
that it was a good Bill, & that Thomas Lorkin< no role > (to whom it
was payable) was of the Victualling Office " and after Indorsing