Thomas Morgan: The Information of Thomas Morgan Stocking weaver now prisoner in the Marshalsea for debt

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The information of Tho: Morgan Stocking weaver now prisoner in the Marshalsea for debt

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The inform^t saith y^t abo^t a year or 13 months since he came acquaintd with one Iohn Wood who used to frequent the house of one Haines y^t Lives in White cross street an{illeg}|d| keeps a strong water shop and at or about the same time, the said Wood came acquainted w^th one Rich^d Helsam Stocking weaver who is since deceased and y^s inform^t suspecting y^t Wood had or was about drawing in this s^d. Helsam, to be concerned abou{illeg}|t|{illeg} counterfeiting the coin of y^s kingdom and having some discourse with {illeg}|W|ood about it y^e s^d. Wood did own y^t. he had Coined and {illeg}|to| prove y^t he could do it he shewd to this inform^t a pair of Guineas dyes and four counterfeit Guineas and he told this inform^t that he made y^m himself w^th the same dyes y^t he yⁿ showed to this inform^t: and he farther saith y^t the deceased Helsam did about the same time show him six counterfeit Guineas and told him y^t wood did make y^m in his sight: and he further saith y^t near about a year since Wood also showed to this inform^t a pair of spanish pistoll dyes in his sight at the same time did strike of one from the same dyes and did yⁿ also show him fiften {sic} blanks for pistoles, ready plated & he told this informt y^t. he made y^m himself and he also showed him some gold fileings which he said he had fild of from the s^d Blanks, to bring y^m to y^e wright weight, & some dayes before this He also showed to this inform^t some white mettal which he said he made some shillings off some little time before and all this was about a year since the s^d Wood yⁿ Living in Brick lane in old Street and absconded from there in the night time and y^s inform^t did not know where he Lived since ore {sic} else he had endeavoured to have had apprehended sooner

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