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a Fin Flour Box containing a quantity of the
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Clippings of Copper a paper with powder same Vials
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with Liquor but of what kind this Informant doth
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not know And this Informant further saith that
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he likewise found concealed in the Apartment of the
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said
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Wiliam Spedding
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and
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Ann
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his
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Wife
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the
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Steel Dye or Puncheon now produced with an Impressing
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She head Engraved thereon which Dye or Puncheon
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this Informant verily believes is for the Use and
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purpose of Counterfeiting the Current Coin of this
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Reason called a Six pence & this Informant
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further saith that upon Searching the said William
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Spedding he found upon him the two Bad Counterfeit
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Scissars and a Bit of paper with writing Importing to
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be an Enquirg from the said William Spedding
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what had been done with the two Duplicates that
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where in the White Mag where the Clippings was
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and this Informant also saith that he found a
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small Wooden Box containing some White Powder
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now produced in the Pocket of the said William Spedding
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and that upon his Discovering the said Box the
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said William Spedding shared a great deal of Concern
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and Maiety at the Discovery & endeavoured to
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knock it out of this Informants hands saying it
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was only a little Salt and afterwards & begged very
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hard of this Informant to throw it away that it might
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not appear against him for that he did not known
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which hole to creep out of Man as he thought it was
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all over with him
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And this Informant
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Charles Jealons
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for
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himself saith that he is an
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Headborough
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that
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he accompanied the other Informant
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Patrick
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Devine
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in searching the Lodgings of William
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and Ann Spedding as aforesaid and was present
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and Assisting when the several Utensils Table
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steel Dye or Puncheon and other things abovementd
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by the said Patrick Devine were found therein
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And this Informant Jane Houghton for
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herself saith that she lives at No. 2 in Wells
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Mews Wells Street St. Mary Le Bone that
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