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indicted on 5 Indictments, for so many Misdemeanours, for defrauding so many Persons of several Quantities of Books, by false Notes, sent by him, in the Names of other Booksellers, as follows. 1. For defrauding
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, of divers Books mentioned in the Indictment, by a false Note sent him in the Name of
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. 2. For defrauding Mr. Burt of divers Books, by a false Note sent to him in the Name of Mr. Goslin. 3. For defrauding
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. 5. For defrauding
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of divers Books, by a false Note sent to him in the Name of
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. These Notes were produced in Court, and all the Prosecutors upon Oath deny'd they ever wrote, or sent such Notes. The Porter whom the Prisoner employ'd, depos'd. That he received these Notes of the Prisoner, and did deliver to the Prisoner the Books sent by the Prosecutors, pursuant to those Notes. The Prisoner having little to say in his own Defence, and all the Facts being plainly prov'd, the Jury found him
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guilty on all the 5 Indictments
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. And the Court impos'd a
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Fine of 5 l. upon the Prisoner for every Misdemeanour
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He was likewise indicted for
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feloniously stealing a Book, called the Compleat Measurer, value 2 s. 6 d. in the Dwelling House of
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5th of March
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last. It appeared by the Evidence, That the Prisoner had been used to work as a Journeyman for the Prosecutor, and stole the Book out of the Work-Shop. The Book was found in the Custody of a Person to whom the Prisoner had sold it; The Fact being plainly prov'd, the Jury found him
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Transportation
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