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if there was any thing else who made Answer that he would
give us as little Honble as Possible and then told us that he believed
there were some half pence in his the said Thos. Taylor< no role > s Room up
One Pair of Stairs where this Informant and the said Jonathan
Redgrave
< no role > went and found a parcel of Finished Counterfeit Copper Halfpence
in a Drawrand which answered to the Dyes found fixed in the
Stamping Press as aforesaid and which are now in the Possession of
the said Jonathan Redgrave< no role > this Informant also found in the said
Cellar two Candles burning Close to the said Stamping Press and
also a quantity of Round Copper Blanks which together with the
aforementioned Articles were Secured and brought away And this
Informant further on his Oath saith that he hath since heard the said
Thomas Taylor< no role > and Thomas Harcourt< no role > Voluntarily Confess that they
were Concerned together in Making and Counterfeiting the Counterfeit
Copper Coin found as aforementioned but that the said Thomas< no role > and
Mary Worlings< no role > were not in any manner whatever concerned with
them but this Informant verily believes and Suspects that the said
Mary Worlings< no role > was Actually concerned in Feloniously making and
Counterfeiting the said Copper half pences, And that the said
Thomas Wortings< no role > , was Privy and Consenting thereto for the Room
wherein the said Thomas Worlings< no role > was Sitting is directly over the
Cellar where the said Stamping Press Etc. were found as aforesaid
and that the said Counterfeit Copper [..] Half pence could not be made
without the Privity and knowledge of the said Thomas Worlings< no role > .

Taken and Sworn before me
the Day and Year first before
Written}

W Blackborow

Edwd Lavender< no role >




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