Jane Smith: The Information of Jane Smith 7 April 1704

|Middx Ss | The Informaion of Jane Smith Widdow taken upon Oath before M^r Record.^er of Lond.^o Aprill 7.^th 1704

This Informant upon her Oath deposeth and Saith that about a twelvemonth since she saw Jane Salt deliver to Sophia Ballard Severall peices of false and Counterfeit money and in ꝑticular ab.^t Feb^ry. last was 12. month this Inform:^t saw the S^d Jane Salt deliver to the said Sophia Ballard two Shillings and Sixteen Sixpences of false and counterfeit money, which she the S^d Ballard rec.^d of the said Salt in lieu of 5. Shillings due to her in part of paym^t, for a peice of Stuff which the S^d Salt had bought of the S^d Ballard, all which money the S^d Ballard knew to be false and counterfeit. And further this Inform:^t maketh Oath that she the said Ballard hath often times put of Such false and counterfeit money knowing it to be false. And further this Inform:^t maketh Oath that Willm Maw hath oftentimes Rec.^d of the said Salt, as also of the S^d Ballard Severall ꝑcells of false and Counterfeit money, which he the S^d Maw did dayly put off knowing it to be false. And this Inform:^t further maketh Oath, that she hath severall times rec^d of Elizabeth Peirson and Martha Tanner false and Counterfeit money, w^ch she this Inform:^t used to put off for them, and She this Informant hath severall times Seen the S^d Eliz: Peirson & Martha Tanner put off false and counterfeit money knowing it to be false they makeing it the cheife of their business so to do Capt. et jurat &c^t coram      S Lovell R^der                     Jane _Mark Smith