Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
6th June 1717
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) was
indicted for a Cheat, in pretending to be Lieutenant Governour of the Tower, and defrauding
Richard
Jones
< no role >
of 18 l. under pretence of giving him the Place of Store-keeper
.
He was indicted a second time for
defrauding
Henry
Parr
< no role >
of 40 l. under pretence of making him a Searcher of his Majesty's Customs
. But his Tryal was deferr'd till next Sessions.