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was indicted for
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that he, not being a person employed in the Mint, nor being authorized by the Treasury, on the
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14th day of February
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last, one mould made of sand, on which was made and impressed the figure, resemblance, and similitude, of the head side of the silver coin of this realm, called a shilling, without any lawful authority, knowingly, feloniously, and traiterously, had in his custody and possession against the statute
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A Second Count, for having a mould for a sixpence.
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Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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