Henry Smithson: The Information of Henry Smithson 19 August 1703

|Com Lancast^er Ss| The Informaion of Henry Smithson upon Oath 19.^thAug.^t 1703

Who saith that ab.^t 2 years and $\frac{1}{2}$ agoe he did see Michael Turner togeather with James Blades and Joseph Thompson (who are both since Executed for high Treason) counterfeit the curr.^t coyn of this Kingdom and that (before this time) this Inform:^t hath had Severall Warrants to Apprehend the S^d Michael Turner, and hath pursued him from One County to another, but as yet could never take him, but y^t now this Informant is told, that the S^d Michael Turner togeather with John Airey als verey another notorious Coyner, (as this Depon.^t hath been told by the S^d Blades Thomson and Turner) are togeather, at the house of one Lawrence Weaver at or near Threales Cross in this County & that he this Depon.^t doth verily beleive that the said Michael Turner and John A{illeg}by Airey, doth still carry on the S^d wicked & ꝑnitious trade of Counterfeiting the currant Coyn of this Kingdom. Capt. et jurat &c^t coram Tho: Foster                           Hen: Smithson