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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1131-1">John Fletcher</rs>
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Head borough<lb></lb>
of Shadwell in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo706">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1131-2">Joseph West</rs>
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<del>of the same place</del>
of Saint Geo: <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo707">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1131-3">Stephen Reynolds</rs>
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Constable<lb></lb>
of<del>East</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo708">West Ham</rs>
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in the County of Essex and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1131-4">Thos. Reynolds</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45036_occ216">Watchman</rs>
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of the same Place severally taken upon Oath<lb></lb>
before me <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1131-5">John Staples</rs>
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Esq. one of his Majestys Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace acting in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo709">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="1132">And first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-1">John Fletcher</rs>
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for himself Saith that having received<lb></lb>
Information from a Woman who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-2">Elizabeth Johnson</rs>
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that coining<lb></lb>
was carried on at a House kept by one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-3">George Dawson</rs>
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otherwise Collett situate in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo710">Sun Tavern Fields</rs>
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in the Parish of Saint George <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo711">Middlesex</rs>
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he this Informant in<lb></lb>
Company with the said other Informants went to the said House on the tenth day of<lb></lb>
August instant when the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-4">Elizabeth Johnson</rs>
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Knock'd at the Door of the sd. House<lb></lb>
but no Person coming to open the same this Informant and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-5">Stephen Reynolds</rs>
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<lb></lb>
went through the next House where he got over the Fence after which he broke open the<lb></lb>
Window of the suspected House and by that means Informant and said Reynolds<lb></lb>
gam'd Admittance when they open'd the Street door and let in the other Informants.<lb></lb>
after which they proceeded up Stairs And this Informant further Says tha as he<lb></lb>
was going up Stairs he met the person now present who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-6">Deborah<lb></lb>
Dawson</rs>
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coming down Stairs as if from the Garrett and after the Informant<lb></lb>
had taken her into the front Garrett.<del>one pair of Stairs front Room</del>
he proceeded to search<lb></lb>
her and as he was searching her right Hand Pocket he observ'd her drop on the<lb></lb>
Floor two Counterfeit Six pences which he now produces and on searching her Right<lb></lb>
hand Pocket he found two other Counterfeit Six pences which he likewise<lb></lb>
produces that<del>Informant then went up Stairs into the front</del>
in the said Garrett<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he<lb></lb>
found a Person who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-7">George Dawson</rs>
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in the Custody of the other<lb></lb>
Informants who being very violent Informant Hand cuff'd him after which<lb></lb>
Informant proceeded to search the said Garrett wherein he found a Charcoal Fire<lb></lb>
lighted on which was placed a Crucible with part of a Spray and some base Metal therein<lb></lb>
and also four pieces of Metal designed for Six Pences but defectively cast that<lb></lb>
Informant also found in said Garrett then Pair of Flasks with the Frames, a<lb></lb>
quantity of Metal which appears like Silver, some blank'd Copper, part of an<lb></lb>
Old Metal Dish from whence the piece of Metal found in the Crucible appears to<lb></lb>
have been art, four other Crucibles a Quantity of sand Paper, some facing,<lb></lb>
Cork, Fyles, Plyers, Scales, & Weights Sand or Coome, and some Chareval,<lb></lb>
That informant then went into the one pair of Stairs front Room in which was<lb></lb>
a Bed, and on which Bed a Coat was laying which the Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n1132-8">George<lb></lb>
Dawson</rs>
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say'd belonged to him, and as such took it away and Informant believes<lb></lb>
it to be the same Coat in which he now appears, that on searching the Pockets<lb></lb>
of the said Coat Informant found therein two Counterfeit Shillings and seven<lb></lb>
Counterfeit Six pences all finished fit for Circulation which Informant now<lb></lb>
produces, that Informant then examined the House and in the back Room<lb></lb>
on the ground Floor he found laying in the Window loose two Counterfeit</p>
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