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Image 112 of 44315th February 1786


Middlesex to Wit


The Information of John Clark< no role >
George Meacham< no role > and William Andrews< no role >
taken before me this 15th. day of
February 1786

Who being upon Oath say and first the said John Clark< no role >
says that on Saturday Evening last the 11th of February instant
he Apprehended the two Women now present who call themselves
Phoebe Harris< no role > and Elizabeth Yelland< no role > at No. 19 Swan Yard in the
Strand that in a few Minutes afterwards a Person now present
who calls himself Joseph Holman< no role > came into the one Pair of Stairs
Room and in said Room this Informant found a pair of Flasks, a Quantity of Sand
facing them, and a Wire that the Get comes from, some Aqua Fortis
a Quantity of Counterfeit Shillings and the Patterns which they were
apparently cart from together with the other Implements for coining now
producedthe said George Meacham< no role > for himself says that about
half an hour part 5 o Clock on the said Saturday Evening he entered
the Room of said Phoebe Harris< no role > and Elizabeth Yelland< no role > - that in
about five Minutes afterwards said Joseph Holman< no role > came in, when
he was secured - that hearing something drop he stoop'd down
and found the two Counterfeit Six pences now produced lying on the
floor, together with a Quantity of Scowering Paper, Blacking
and Cork - And the said William Andrews< no role > for himself says -
that about 5 o Clock on the said Saturday Evening he went
with said John Clark< no role > and George Meacham< no role > to a House No 19
in Swan Yard aforesaid - that he saw Phoebe Harris take a




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