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