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<p n="1594">handfull of Shillings (in appearance good) and might be about forty<lb></lb>
in Number, and would have had Hind Take them to do what he pleased<lb></lb>
with: which Hind resolutely refused, and Said to the prisoner he would<lb></lb>
Have him searched; where upon instantly (there<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
being a Standing<lb></lb>
Clock in the corner of the room near a Window which had a hanging<lb></lb>
barr to it) Hind Saw the prisoner, with one hand Swing the Barr, &<lb></lb>
with the other throw Some thing behind the Clock; the Swinging of the<lb></lb>
Barr Seerving to him to be done that the noise of anything falling<lb></lb>
behind the clock might not be heard upon which Hind called in<lb></lb>
Some other persons, and with their assistance poked out with Stick<lb></lb>
from behind the clock eleven Shillings each wrapped up in a<lb></lb>
destinct white paper & all together, So papered, in a brown one<lb></lb>
which eleven Shillings Hind produced in Court & they appeared to<lb></lb>
be all King Williams Shillings, & of the Same die or impress with the<lb></lb>
false Shilling he had of Mrs. Smith & of the Same counterfeit metal</p>
<p n="1595"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1595-1">James Dix</rs>
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being Sworn (who was one of the persons as<lb></lb>
aforesaid called in by Hind) deposed that when he came into the<lb></lb>
room where were the prisoner and Hind, Hind told him the prisoner<lb></lb>
had thrown Something behind the clock, and that he (the witness)<lb></lb>
assisted in Searching there and the Eleven Shillings were found as<lb></lb>
before, he deposed that after he came in the prisoner pulled out<lb></lb>
and laid on the Table some money in appearance good and<lb></lb>
offered to make Hind a present of it which Hind refusing the<lb></lb>
prisoner offer'd to Stand Search, but that was after the money<lb></lb>
thrown behind the clock and they insisting to Search only behind<lb></lb>
the clock found the Shillings there as before menconed.</p>
<p n="1596">Mr. Miles the master of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1688">green Dragon</rs>
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being then Sworn<lb></lb>
deposed that when he came into the room<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he Saw lying on the Table<lb></lb>
a parcell of money in Appearance good, on the prisoners left hand,<lb></lb>
and Mr. Hind Said to the witness that the clock must be removed for<lb></lb>
there was bad money thrown behind it; but Miles Taking away a<lb></lb>
Small case that Stood at the bottom of the clock and poking with a<lb></lb>
Shift took out the eleven false King Williams Shillings in the<lb></lb>
papers as mentioned; after which the prisoner offer'd to make<lb></lb>
Hind a present of the good money on the Table to do what he<lb></lb>
pleased with, which Hind refused to accept.</p>
<p n="1597">Mr. Burgess another Constable and Mr. Bateman a person of<lb></lb>
good Credit were also Sworn & deposed to the Same effect as to what<lb></lb>
passed at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1689">Green Dragon</rs>
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at the poking the money from behind<lb></lb>
the clock<del>of the</del>
& the Eleven Shillings So found as likewise the one<lb></lb>
Shilling delivered by Mrs. Smith to Hind were produced in Court<lb></lb>
and inspected by the Court & the Jury and appeared to be false<lb></lb>
money and of the Same die or impress.</p>
<p n="1598">The Prisoner in his defence called only two Women witnesses<lb></lb>
to the Character of Hind the Constable-the first of whom Eleanor</p>
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