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15th December 1788 - 27th April 1789

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Image 127 of 37626th January 1789


Middlesex
to wit.}


The Information of William Morris< no role > of Grays
Inn Ticket Porter taken before one this 26th.. day
of Janry 1789

Who being upon Oath saith that he Knows open on now
present who calls himself Jacob Canter< no role > That he
has been frequently employed by him for the purpose
of carrying Drafts and receiving Cash from
different Bankers and on other BusinessThat on the
22nd. day of September last he saw said Canter
at the Gateway of Grays Inn Holborn when said
Canter desired that he this Informant would be
at that Place at nine o'Clock the next Morning
and Wait there till he cameThat at about
half past nine o Clock the next Morning said Canter
was sitting in Grays Inn Coffee House and beckoned
to this Informant to come to him which he
did when said Canter gave him a Draft on
Messrs: Biddulph Cocks< no role > and Co for £554 0.. 8
telling him to go and receive the MoneyThat
this Informant accordingly went and received
the same in Bank Notes and Cash andbrought
them to said Canter and [..] between
the doors of said Coffee Hour where he was
waiting when this Informant [..]
carried
them to as he had been desired to the Grays Inn Coffee
House and waited there about three Quarters of
an Hour when he said Canter came to him and he




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