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, the report of the said malefactors was made to his majesty by Mr. Recorder. Four of them were ordered for execution on
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Wednesday, February the 13th
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for house-breaking,
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for stealing two guineas, the property of
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for stealing a black gelding, were respited.
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was indicted for feloniously forging a bill of exchange, purporting to bear date at
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, and to have been drawn by
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merchants and partners
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, directed to Mess. Rumbolt and Walker, merchants, in
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, for the payment of 40l. 12s. to the order of
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James Holmes
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He was indicted at the sessions in December last, for forging a counterfeit bill of exchange for the Payment of 30l. in words and figures following:
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August 16, 1764.
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merchants
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London
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Sept. 3
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William Croft
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On the back "
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John Hall
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Robert Sconswer
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