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                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par2">This Informant upon her Oath deposeth and Saith that about <lb xml:id="l2"/>a twelvemonth since she saw <persName>Jane Salt</persName> deliver to <persName>Sophia <lb xml:id="l3"/>Ballard</persName> Severall peices of false and Counterfeit money <lb xml:id="l4"/>and in <choice><abbr>ꝑticular</abbr><expan>particular</expan></choice> <choice><abbr>ab.<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>about</expan></choice> <choice><abbr>Feb<hi rend="superscript">ry</hi>.</abbr><expan>February</expan></choice> last was 12. month this <choice><abbr>Inform:<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l5"/>saw the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Jane Salt</persName> deliver to the said <persName>Sophia Ballard</persName> <lb xml:id="l6"/>two Shillings and Sixteen Sixpences of false and counterfeit <lb xml:id="l7"/>money, which she the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Ballard</persName> <choice><abbr>rec.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>received</expan></choice> of the said <persName>Salt</persName> <lb xml:id="l8"/>in lieu of 5. Shillings due to her in part of <choice><abbr>paym<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>payment</expan></choice>, for a <lb xml:id="l9"/>peice of Stuff which the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Salt</persName> had bought of the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l10"/><persName>Ballard</persName>, all which money the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Ballard</persName> knew to be false and <lb xml:id="l11"/>counterfeit. And further this <choice><abbr>Inform:<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> maketh Oath that she <lb xml:id="l12"/>the said <persName>Ballard</persName> hath often times put of Such false and <lb xml:id="l13"/>counterfeit money knowing it to be false. And further this <lb xml:id="l14"/><choice><abbr>Inform:<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> maketh Oath that <persName>W<hi rend="overline">illm</hi> Maw</persName> hath oftentimes <lb xml:id="l15"/><choice><abbr>Rec.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Received</expan></choice> of the said <persName>Salt</persName>, as also of the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Ballard</persName> Severall <choice><abbr>ꝑcells</abbr><expan>parcells</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l16"/>of false and Counterfeit money, which he the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Maw</persName> did <lb xml:id="l17"/>dayly put off knowing it to be false. And this <choice><abbr>Inform:<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> further <lb xml:id="l18"/>maketh Oath, that she hath severall times <choice><abbr>rec<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>received</expan></choice> of <persName>Elizabeth <lb xml:id="l19"/>Peirson</persName> and <persName>Martha Tanner</persName> false and Counterfeit money, <choice><abbr>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></abbr><expan>which</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l20"/>she this <choice><abbr>Inform:<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> used to put off for them, and She this Informant <lb xml:id="l21"/>hath severall times Seen the <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>Said</expan></choice> <persName>Eliz: Peirson</persName> &amp; <persName>Martha Tanner</persName> <lb xml:id="l22"/>put off false and counterfeit money knowing it to be false <lb xml:id="l23"/>they makeing it the cheife of their business so to do <lb xml:id="l24"/><foreign xml:lang="lat">Capt. et jurat &amp;c<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> coram</foreign> <lb xml:id="l25"/><space dim="horizontal" unit="chars" extent="5"/><hi rend="large"><persName>S Lovell</persName> <choice><abbr>R<hi rend="superscript">der</hi></abbr><expan>Recorder</expan></choice></hi> <space dim="horizontal" unit="chars" extent="20"/><persName>Jane  <hi rend="subscript">Mark</hi> Smith</persName>
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