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29th September 1781 - 16th December 1782

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The joint and several Informations of Charles
Norris of Newington in the County of Surry Gentleman ,
Henry Vanholt< no role > of Great Bush Lane London, Gentleman ,
and Wingfield Turner< no role > of Gravel Lane , Southwark , in
the County of Surry , Gentleman , Who being on Oath,
severally say And First the said Charles Norris< no role > for
himself saith, that he is a Clerk in the Four per Cent
Consolidated Office of the Bank of England Says,
that the Prisoner now under Examination, John Smith< no role > ,
as appears by the Books now produced belonging to
the Governor and Company of the said Bank, was
possessed of and entitled to the Sum of two hundred
Pounds Four per Cent Annuities Consolidated, which
was transferred in his Name, on the twenty Eighth
day of February last, by the Name and Addition of
John Smith< no role > of Tottenham , Gentleman .Says, that it
also appears by the Books aforesaid, that at the time
of the said Transfer in the Name of the Prisoner
the Furtheranother Sum of two hundred Pounds,
like Annuities, stood in the Name and Description
of John Smith< no role > of Tottenham Gentleman , another
PersonSays that it Further appears by the said
Books, both the said Sums of two hundred Pounds
before mentioned, were carried to one Account, in the
said Name and Description of John Smith< no role > of
Tottenham , GentlemanSays, that on the eleventh
day of May last, as appears by the said Books, the
Prisoner sold and transferred the Sum of Fifty
Pounds of the aforesaid Annuities to Thomas Stanton< no role >
of Peckham Gentleman , to which said Transfer
Informantwasis a Witness, and signed the same
as suchAnd the said Henry Vonholto< no role > for
himself saith, that on the seventeenth day of
the said Month of May, he witnessed a Transfer
of three hundred and Fifty Pounds, like Annuities
to William Plumley< no role > of Ludgate Hill Goldsmith,
and he well recollects, the Prisoner being the
Person who attended as the true and lawful




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