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13th December 1774 - 9th December 1775

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he also received Information of several other Presses
[..] Engine & other Implements for the purpose of Coining
half pence were Concealed in an House at No. 15 in King
Street Drury Lane that a Wednesday Morning last
between Eight and Nine o Clock he followed a person now
present who calls himself Wm. Young< no role > from the abovementd.
House in Castle Count Fullwoods Rents to No. 15 in King
Street Drury Lane when the said Young knocked at the
Door of the said House which was Shut up & Uponwhich
the said Youngs seeing this Informant he the said Young went away
and this Informant followed him & Seized hold of him
and upon Searching him found the two Keys now produced
one of which opened the Door of the said House which this
Informant searched and found therein the Two Leaden
weights now produced & then gave the Key of the said
House to the other Informant Patrick Devine< no role >

And this Informant Patrick Devine< no role > for himself saith
that he is an Head borough that on Wednesday Morning
last he received from the other Informant Dennis
Mc Donald
< no role > the Key of the Door of the House No. 15 in
King Street Drury Lane upon which he searched the said House
and found the Large Iron Press [..] tied up in a Bag
concealed under a Bed in the Fore Parlour a the large [..]
Iron Fly in the passage behind some Shutters [..]
and in the Back Cellar a Small Press or Engine with
or Fly upon it [..] fixed and a great Quantity of Copper
Clippings and pieces of Blank Copper remided to the Sign
of an Half penny all which Presses or Engines two Iron Tellys
& Copper Clippings and Blank Pieces of Copper are
now produced. and in a Basket close to the small
Press or Engine he found the large Shears [..] several
Files and other Implements now produced And these
Informants severally upon their respective oaths do
say that they have filter & Compared the [..]
through the said Copper with the Cutting or Puncheon




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