John Parker: The Deposition of John Parker 24 November 1703

|Middx Ss| The Deposition of John Parker of y^e parish of S^t: Maryle Savoy taken the 24^th of November 1703

That Monday last was sevenight or thereabouts a woman who called her Chiney came to the deponents shop to buy a flock ticking at night for w^ch she paid six Shillings to the Deponents wife, who the same night gave the money to her husband, the deponent, \& he/ further saith, that taking money out of his pockett the same night he took notice that two half crowns were counterfeit and suspecting that Chiney might have been y^e person who paid them to his wife, he y^e next night sent his servant to her house to enquire for her about 8^th a clock upon y^e servants knocking at the door y^e light in y^e house was putt out, and a man told him out of y^e window y^t - Chiney was gone to Gravesend to her husband the next morning y^e deponent sending his servant again, was told by one in the house that - Chiney was in bed, and they could not disturb her, y^e same day in the afternoon y^e deponent sent his wife and his servant to the house who were told that - Chiney was at Gravesend and had writt a letter to them that she should not be in town before the monday or tuesday following, since w^ch time y^e deponent has made no further enquiring after her                      John Parker capt: Jurat coram medie et anno præd:      J Stanley