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was indicted for
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feloniously and traiterously coining and counterfeiting a piece of false, feigned, and counterfeit money and coin to the likeness and
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similitude of the good, legal, and current money of this realm called a shilling
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June 27th
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2d Count. For coining a six pence.
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'There were no flasks found which are
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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