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468. (2d. M.)
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was indicted for
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feloniously forging a certain order for the payment of money
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, as follows, No. 1112 Cornhill, Lond. March 12, 1772.
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Mess. Raymond, Williams, Vere, Lowe and Fletcher.
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Pay to Mr.
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, or bearer, fifteen pounds fifteen shillings.
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Rt. Vennist and Co.
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against the statute.
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The 2nd Count for publishing as true the above order with the like intention.
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March 13th
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On account of an error in the indictment he was Acquitted.
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(2d. M.) He was a second time indicted for
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, as follows,
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Lond. Feb. 14, 1772,
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, or bearer, sixteen pounds ten shillings and sixpence.
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Rt. Vennist.
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16 10 6
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with intention to defraud
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The 2d. Count, for feloniously uttering and publishing as true the said note, knowing it to be forged with the like intention against the statute.
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The 3d. count, for feloniously publishing as true the said note, knowing it to be forged with intention to defraud
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. The prisoner came to my house, the corner of Holywell-street, and asked for a name I understood of the person in the shop before me; asked me if he was at home; having a paper in his hand I imagined he was a creditor of his; his name was Biggs: he did not ask for that name, but I imagined he meant him. I told him I had taken the shop very lately (I had been in it but a month) I asked him if he was a creditor; he said he was no creditor. He pulled out a paper which he said was a list of some goods he wanted to purchase of this Mr. Biggs, as I understood him; I told him, I could serve him as well as Mr. Biggs could; he then said, he had no objection to deal with me, for he was not engaged to any one; he then gave me an order for sundry goods, to the amount of 10 l. and 6 d. including the package and every thing. He took a little parcel of Persian blue with him, and was to send a cart for the rest; he said, if I would make out a bill and receipt against he came back, he would call and pay me for them; he went away, and came again in the afternoon; he said he was in a hurry, as he must go by the coach, and was afraid it was gone out; he told me his name was
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he came back he brought this note (producing it) and presented it to me for the goods; I looked at it; I imagined I had seen such a name before, I was not positive; he said he was in a hurry, and would go elsewhere if I scrupled the note; I simply took it and gave him 6 l. 10 s. change in cash; then I told him as it was the first dealing we had together, we would not make a dry bargain, but if he pleased we would go over the way and drink; I went over the way to treat him with sixpenny-worth of punch; he went out in a hurry and left me there; I went immediately to Messrs. Neale and Co. and presented the draft; this gentleman said it was a false one, he knew nothing of the connections of the parties, and that I had been greatly imposed on. He kept it till next morning; (it is read)
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Messrs. Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down. London, Feb. 14, 1772.
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, or bearer, sixteen pounds ten shillings and sixpence.
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Rt. Vennist.
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16 10 6
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He never sent the cart for the goods.
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. I am clerk to Messrs. Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down.
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Q. Do you remember Mr. Scole's presenting a bill at your house?
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Gregory. Yes; this is the draft he presented to me?
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Q. Do you know any such man as
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Robert Vennist
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Gregory. No; there is no such man keeps cash at our house; nor no such name, nothing like it.
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Q. How came that name to be crossed?
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Gregory. I did it to prevent its being negotiated again; I am not certain whether Mr. Fordyce or I cancelled it, it was done at our office.
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Q. to the Prosecutor. How long was it before you saw the prisoner after this?
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Scoles. I came home, mentioned it to my neighbours; they advised me to keep close; they said, I should catch him in Holliwell Lane. I happened to read in the news paper one day, that Mr. Clark was defrauded in the same manner; I went to his house, and compared the drafts together, and found them nearly the same. I went to Justice Wilmot's and saw the prisoner there; the Justice bound me to prosecute him.
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Prisoner's Defence.
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I never wrote any of them, nor filled them up, nor did I know them to be bad ones; I took it of a man in trade.
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