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<p n="21">Saith that on or about the 3d. of this Month<lb></lb>
he met with One <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_n21-5">Wm. Hawke</rs>
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& a Person now Present<lb></lb>
who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_n21-1">James Field</rs>
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& a<obscured></obscured>
t Woman who calls<lb></lb>
herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_n21-2">Elizabeth Clayton</rs>
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they all Went to the play<lb></lb>
together and had some Conversation concerning a<lb></lb>
Pocket Book containing Notes & Bills which Hawke & Jas he had got And the<lb></lb>
Next Morning this Informant met the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_n21-3">Wm. Hawke</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_m21-5">Jas Field</rs>
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& Hawke asked this <lb></lb>
Informant to geo & Drink with them which he<lb></lb>
agreed to & as they were going along Hawke & Field<lb></lb>
asked him if he could Pass off a 20L Note & he<lb></lb>
Answered that he knew nothing about Notes<lb></lb>
& Could not Undertake to Passing off And this<lb></lb>
Informant & Field went into a Public House<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45017_geo14">Dean Street</rs>
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that soon after Hawke came<lb></lb>
in & brought the Bill of Exchange now produced<lb></lb>
& shewed it to this Informant & asked him if<lb></lb>
he could pass it & he told him he could not upon<lb></lb>
which Hawke told him that he should have most<lb></lb>
part of the Money & a Watch if could get it off<lb></lb>
Whereupon Field sayd you can get this ofd will<lb></lb>
enough for that he Field. had got a 20L Note<lb></lb>
off a four Days before And this Informant was<lb></lb>
prevailed upon and did take the said Bill of<lb></lb>
Exchange which he kept by him till Yesterday<lb></lb>
when being Distressed for Money he sent the said<lb></lb>
Bill of Exchange & by his Brother <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45017_n21-4">David Rhodes</rs>
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as<lb></lb>
is above related And this Informant further<lb></lb>
saith that about 3, or 4 Days after the Delivery<lb></lb>
of the Bill of Exchange to him Field & Hawke<lb></lb>
together applied to him & enquired whether he<lb></lb>
had passed of the said Bill & they both applied<lb></lb>
to him a Second time & made the same Enquiry<lb></lb>
& upon finding he had not Passed it off they proposed<lb></lb>
to this Informant that it should be Burnt<lb></lb>
because Hawke sayd it would Transport<lb></lb>
then upon which this Informant refused to<lb></lb>
Deliver it & kept it till it was produced by his<lb></lb>
Brother as above</p>
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