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<p n="239">The King against <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n239-56">Samuel<lb></lb>
Arrowsmith</rs>
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Charged with Uttering<lb></lb>
Notes or Bills of Exchange knowing<lb></lb>
the same to be Forged</p>
<p n="240"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo165">London</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-1">William Luddeat</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo166">Painswick</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo167">Gloucester</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15067_occ114">Shopkeeper</rs>
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maketh Oath that he this Depont.<lb></lb>
was present at the Tryal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-2">Edward Wilson</rs>
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who was<lb></lb>
tried & Convicted for Forgery at the last Assizes held<lb></lb>
for the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo168">Gloucester</rs>
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and saith that the now<lb></lb>
Defendant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-3">Samuel Arrowsmith</rs>
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was the Prosecutor<lb></lb>
& the Principal Evidence in Convicting the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-4">Edward Wilson</rs>
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& without whose Evidence the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-5">Edward Wilson</rs>
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could not then have been convicted as<lb></lb>
this Deponent verily Believes And this Deponent<lb></lb>
further saith that the said Defendant Samuel<lb></lb>
Arrowsmith was immediatly after such Conviction<lb></lb>
taken into Custody on a Warrant granted by the Lord<lb></lb>
Mayor of London on suspicion of being guilty of<lb></lb>
publishing some Drafts for money knowing them<lb></lb>
to be forged with an Intent to defraud and the said<lb></lb>
Defendant was soon afterwards brought to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo169">London</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in Custody in Order to be tryed thereupon still<lb></lb>
remains a Prisoner confined in Irons in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo170">Newgate</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on the said accusation And this Deponent further<lb></lb>
saith he hath heard & believes that the said Drafts<lb></lb>
were procured by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-6">Edward Wilson</rs>
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& by him<lb></lb>
passed & negociated to the said now Defendant<lb></lb>
Arrowsmith & that if such Drafts were forged by the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15067_n240-7">Edward Wilson</rs>
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or his procurement he this Department<lb></lb>
really believes the said Defendant Arrowsmith knew<lb></lb>
nothing of the same being so forged and further saith<lb></lb>
that the said Defendant Arrow smith expecting to<lb></lb>
be tried at this present Sessions at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo171">Old Bailey</rs>
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on<lb></lb>
this Occasion hath at a very great Expence procured<lb></lb>
a great Number of reputable Witnesses to come<lb></lb>
out of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15067_geo172">Gloucestershire</rs>
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about one hundred Miles or<lb></lb>
more from their respective places of Habitation to<lb></lb>
attedn</p>
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