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<p n="1236"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1292">Westminster</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1236-1">John Williams</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1293">No. 1</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1294">Orange Court</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1295">Drury Lane</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ520">Shipwright</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45030_date205">28th. day of October 1786</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1237">Who being on Oath saith That he hath known the Prisoner<lb></lb>
now present and calling himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1237-1">James Parker</rs>
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about June Months<lb></lb>
That being informed that the Prisoner sold counterfeet Money he desired<lb></lb>
one Fleming to tell the Prisoner that he should be glad to meet him<lb></lb>
and they accordingly met on Saturday the 21st. of October last at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1296">the<lb></lb>
Blue Posts</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1297">Cockpit Alley</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1298">Drury Lane</rs>
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where this Informant<lb></lb>
asked the Prisoner has Business went on to which the Prisoner replied<lb></lb>
"that he had some of the best things in England" (meaning Sixpences and Shillings) which<lb></lb>
were equal to Sterling That this Informant then told the Prisoner<lb></lb>
that he might have an Order for some by Monday When the<lb></lb>
Prisoner replied that he wright have a quarter of a Piece (meaning<lb></lb>
a quarter of a Guinea) at four o'Clock that afternoon That Informant<lb></lb>
agreed to meet the Prisoner at that time to receive the same but<lb></lb>
that if he (this<del>Prisoner</del>
Informant) was not punctual the<del>Information</del>
Prisoner was to<lb></lb>
send for himWhich he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
did about half an<lb></lb>
Hour past four o'Clock on the same dayThat this Informant<lb></lb>
then asked him if he had brought "the thing" and the Prisoner replied<lb></lb>
that he hadThat Informant told him that he had not the Money<lb></lb>
about him, but would fetch it, and accordingly came to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1299">the Brown<lb></lb>
Bear</rs>
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, and mentioned the Matter to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1237-3">Thomas King</rs>
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who gave him<lb></lb>
six Shilligns to purchase the counterfeit SilverThat Informant<lb></lb>
Returned to the Prisoner at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1300">the blue Posts</rs>
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and gave him Five<lb></lb>
Shillings for the counterfeit Silver now produced which the<lb></lb>
Prisoner called a quarter of a piece amounting to sixteen six<lb></lb>
penceswhich is after the Rate of two and thirty Shillings for a<lb></lb>
GuineaThat after this they parted and agreed to meet again<lb></lb>
on Monday when the Prisoner was to bring this Informant an half<lb></lb>
piece to the Blue Posts when this Informant gave information<lb></lb>
to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1237-4">John Atkins</rs>
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who apprehended him.</p>
<p n="1238">Sworn before me the<lb></lb>
day and Year aforesaid}</p>
<p n="1239">N Bond</p>
<p n="1240"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1240-1">John Williams</rs>
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