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15th December 1788 - 27th April 1789

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Image 260 of 37627th March 1789


and blank patterns which they Cast their puncheons from
That in the front Room three pair of Stairs there was a Layer
and Several Tools for Milling That in the Back room in the
three pair of Stairs there was a [..] Cutting out Press together
with a great Quantity of Blanks cut out a great Quantity of
Sicel several pieces of Counterfeit money Shillings and Six pences
Several Dollars an Edge over or Milling Tool, Two Turn Benches
which had been used in the business a Wash that had apparently
been used and several other Impliments and Tools for Coining
That after they had been there a few Minutes the Prisoner William
Jones
< no role > came in and on Searching him there was found by
John Shallard< no role > several Counterfeit Shillings Some of which appeared
to be Struck from the same Dies that were found in the Vault or Cellar
One good Shilling ground down as a pattern to make Puncheons
from One round blank of the Same Sort that was found in the Back
Room three pair of Stairs One piece of Metal which to all
Appearance had been made for a Puncheon with the mark of a
Quarter apparently made from a Shilling and another piece of
Metal for making puncheonsfrom.

Sworn the day and Year
aforesaid before me}
Sampr Wright< no role >

John Clark< no role >
[..]




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