Middlesex
to wit
The Information of
Peter Weldon< no role >
taken before
me this 14th. day of June 1777
Who being upon Oath Says that he knows Elizabeth Brooks< no role >
otherwise Barker< no role >
otherwise Magniness< no role >
, that he sas in her Possession
three Copper Plates on one of which was engraved the part of
a Bank Note for £100. on another part of Bank Note for £50
and on the third part of Bank Note for £20, that he was
present when the said Elizabeth Brooks< no role >
otherwise Magniness< no role >
otherwise Barker sold the said three Copper Plates to James
Elliott for ten Guineas at the King's head
in Little East cheap
about three Months ago, that before the said Plates were sold
the Blanks found at Mrs. Brooker's in Capter Lane
for £50 Bank Notes
were printed off one of the said Plates by Robert Ryland< no role >
for
the said Elizabeth Brooks< no role >
by way of Proof that as Ryland
hadtakenprinted off the said Blanks for the said Elizabeth
Brooks the said James Elliott< no role >
after he had purchased the
Plates desired this Informant to Speak to the said Ryland to
print some more off for the said Elliott, that he accordingly
went to Ryland and asked him to do it, that Ryland consenting
he this Informant introduced the said James Elliott to the
said Robert Ryland< no role >
at the Pyed Bill
in Fleet Ditch
and
the said James Elliott< no role >
delivered to the said Robert Ryland< no role >
in
this Informant's Prosecute two of the said Copper Plates
Viz. that for £50 Bank Notes and that for £20 Bank
Notes together with some Paper, that the next day the said