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The Voluntary Information of
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nineteenth Day of September 1752
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one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the said City, Saith
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February 1750 be this Informant was
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in a Bill filed in the
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high Court of Chansery against the Mangers of the Said Privateers, Which
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Said Cause For that None (meaning the Sailors and others that belonged to the
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Said Privateers) stood true to Goddard (meaning Mr
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), And accordingly the Said Thomas
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Noads bought a printed from of a Sailor's Will, filled up the Blanks with
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his own hand and gave the Same to this Informant as a Guide for him
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to transcribe the Same by and forge the Will of the said
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in order lorde fraud him the said
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of the money due to him
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from the Said Managers And that this Informant did accordingly write
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over a Will as and for the Will of the said
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, and did with
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his this Informant's own hand by the direction of the Said Thomas
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Noads, Subscribe thereto the Name of the said
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did afterwards put a Seal thereto, Which
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Will when delivered to the said
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had only the name of
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one Subscribing witness thereto, Which the Said Thomas Noads
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objecting
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to, Saying there must be two Witnesses, did thereupon with his the
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's own hand write the name of
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as another Witness to the said forged Will, And afterwards the said
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Thomas Noads
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indorc'd upon the back of the Said forged will the
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name of Crespigny, and directed him this Informant to go with one
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Thomas Williams
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and carry the Same to Mr. Crespigny a Proctor in
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Doctor's Commons in order to obtain a Probate of the Said Will And
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upon this Informant's coming to Mr. Crespigny's Office in Company
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with the said
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, the Said Mr Crespigny Sent his Clerk
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in order to do the needfull to obtain
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the Probate of the Said Will, When the Said
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