Middlesex to wit

The Information of James Taylor< no role > , James Spyers< no role > ,
John Wilkinson< no role > and Edmund Fleming< no role > taken before
me this 19th: day of Septemr. 1783 .

Who being on Oath say and first the said James Taylor< no role > for himself
says that he is Shopman to the said James Spyers< no role > in Cheapside
London Silversmith That on the 30th. of August last a person
now present who calls himself William Munro< no role > came to the Shop
of the said James Spyers< no role > , desired to have three Pair of Silver
Shoe. Buckles to shew to a Gentleman and said "He would
leave this Informant a Security for them" That this Informant
entrusted said Munro with three pair of Silver Buckles, who
gave this Informant the Bills of Exchange now produced, purpor-
ting to be the Bills of Exchange of John Martin< no role > in Messrs.
Pybus Dorset< no role > & Co. Bankers London, for the Payment of Ten
Pounds ten Shillings, to Mrs. John Wood< no role > or order Six Weeks after
date, dated Wakefield 24th. August 1783 and purporting to be
Accepted by Messrs. Pybus Dorset< no role > & Co. as a Security for the
same saying that " He would return in a quarter of an hour"
but never did That when said Mercury gave this Informants
the said Bills of Exchange as aforesaid, he observed that the
said Bills of Exchange "was Accepted by the Bankers and
was as good as a Bank Note." And the said James Spyers< no role >
says that the Bills of Exchange now produced by him, is the
same Bills of Exchange which he received from the said
James Taylor< no role > his Shopman , on Monday the first Day of
Septemr. Inst. And the said John Wilkinson< no role > says that he
is Clerk to Messrs. Pybus Dorset< no role > & Co. in Bond Street That
he has carefully examined the Acceptance which now appears
on the said Bills of Exchange and is very sure that it is