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The Information of
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Charles Jealous
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taken before me this 6th.. day of Septemr. 1782.
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Who being on Oath say and first the said
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John Clark
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says that on
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Monday last he this Informant with others went to a House No.. 1
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in China Row
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, in which House Money was
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suspected to be coined. That in the back Cellar of said House he found
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a Large Press fixed, with a Pair of Dies therein,
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a Quantity of
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counterfeit Half pence lying near it and also a Quantity of Blanks
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ready for Stamping and two Candles lighted. That in the front Cellar
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of said House he found a Great Quantity of counterfeit Half pence
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which had been Recently Stamped and evidently from another pair
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of Dies which he found near the Press in the back Cellar.
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And the said
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says that he was with Mr.. Clarke
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at this time and when they first got to the House the Maid came
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out and locked the door after her. That this Informant took the
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Key from her unlocked the door and ran down stairs where
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he found two persons now present who call themselves
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John
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Morgan
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and
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Edward Tylee
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concealed under the Stairs, without
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their Coats, their Shirt Sleeves tucked up,
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a coarse Apron
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tied round Tylee, and both their Hands very black, That he
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observed Morgan throw away a Quantity of Counterfeit Half pence
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which this Informant picked up and on comparing them perceived
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they had been struck from the Dies which were in the Press.
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And further says that a Hat which this Informant found lying
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on the Blanks, was claimed by Tylee who said "it was his."
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Sworn before me this
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6th.. day of Septemr. 1782}
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Sampr Wright
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John Clark
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Charles Jellous
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