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Middxss
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11th. December 1730
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The Informacon
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St. Botolph without Aldersgate
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County Barber, who saith his Brother in Law
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Francis Richman
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Richard Ballenger
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an Acquaintance of his Said Brothers
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was on Wednesday the Ninth of this Inst. December & Con-
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sultation together about melting a Parcell of broken
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Silver
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in the Room belonging to the Said Richman
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& the Said Ballenger perswaded the Said Richman, to get a
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pot to melt the Said Silver & the Said Richman answer'd
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he did not know where to get a melting Pot, But then the Said
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Ballenger remembred a
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in ye Neighbourhood &
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desired the Said Richman would go or Send his Wife to him ye
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to borrow a Pot & accordingly the Wife of Richard
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went & borrow'd a Melting Pott but when they had it they could not
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melt the Said Silver, upon which the Said Ballenger ask'd this Ex
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-aminant if he did not know what it was they used to make Silver
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melt, who answerd he did not but he knew one Mr Hall a Watch
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-maker that he had Seen melt Silver with much Ease upon which
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ye said Ballenger desired this Examinant to go to the Said that
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& learn of him what Ingredients was used to melt Silver who was
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to ye Said Hall accordingly & this Examinant told Mr. Hall
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a Young man of his Acquaintance had Some pieces of Silver to
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be melted down which he did believe to be pieces of a Tankard
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The Said Hall answer'd he had no business to tell any person
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his Ingredients but if his Friend would bring the
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him or otherwise he would go to them & melt it down
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upon which this Examinant went back to Ballenger & Richman
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& acquainted them with what Mr Hall had Said to him but Ball
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-enger was unwilling to go, upon which Richman Answer'd why
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Dick as you Say You have found it there can be no harm
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come let us go he knows the Man well enough, upon which
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they all three went to Halls, & ye Said Ballenger gave yt
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Plate to ye Said Richman in two or three paper Prcells us
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deliver'd the Same to Hall & ye Said Hall Melted it & cast
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it in two lumps which are the Same produced this Day before
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. & which the Said Hall Said he believ'd is might
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weigh about forty Ounces & ye Said Hall deliver'd the Same
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to Ballenger who paid him two Shillings & half a Dozen of
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Beer for his Labour & this Examinant further Saith that
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that he heard the Said Ballenger on Monday last tell
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his Brother the Said Richman that he had been Drunk
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