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Image 35 of 13220th June 1761


Middlesex To wit

The Information of Mr. Wm Slewitt< no role > one of
the Assignees of John Porrett< no role > a
Bankrupt

Who being on Oath says that he was present at several of
the examinations of the said Perrott before the Major past of
the Commissr. [..] named and authorized in & by a
Commission of Bankruptsey issued of the said
John Perrott< no role > and heard the said John Perrott< no role > declare
[..] on the day appointed for his last examination before the said Commissr.
that of the account then delivered in by him the said
John Perrott< no role > contained a full and true disclosure and
discovery of all his Estate and Effects & this Informt.
further says that he was present this day in Newgate
between the hours of one and there & saw five
half Bank Notes now produced Taken out of a
[..] dirty Ragg concealed in a Trunk belonging to, and in
the Appartment of the said John Perrott< no role > in Newgate
aforesaid by Virtue of a Warrant under the hands & Seals
of the Major past of the Commissrs. aforesaid, and this
Informt. further says that he believes that the sd. half
Bank Notes were wilfully concealed by sd. John Perrott< no role >
in Order to defraud the said Perrotts Creditors, [..]
[..]

Sworn before me this
20th. day of June 1761

[..]

Wm. Hewitt< no role >




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