Mansion House
Thursday 16th January 1783
Alexander Smith< no role >
Committed upon the Oaths of Thomas
Boddington
and others for feloniously falsely making forging
and Counterfieting, or causing or procuring to be falsely made
forged and Counterfieted for and as a true Writing and a
acceptance of Benjamin Boddington< no role >
and the said Thomas
Boddington
in the Words and Figures following "accepted
B & T Boddington, to a certain Foreign Bill of Exchange
for payment of Fifty Two Pounds Ten Shillings Sterling purporting
to be the Bill of Exchange of James Gordon< no role >
of the Island
of Antigua direted to the said Benjamin and Thomas
Boddington payable to Alexander Great or Order with
intent to Cheat and defraud the said Benjamin and Thomas
Boddington
and also for feloniously uttering and
publishing the said acceptance as true will Knowing the
Sume to have been so falsely made forged and Counterfeit
as aforesaid against the Statute
Bound over to prosecute
Mr Thos Boddington< no role >
in£40
Mr Thos Bettworth in£20
Mr Wm Robinson< no role >
in£20
Mr. Thos Hepworth< no role >
in£20
to app price give Evidence
next S. Old Bailey