John Marshall: The Information of John Marshall 21 January 1700/1

Middx Westm.er } SsThe Informaion of John Marshall of Red Lyon Court drury Layn taken before Joseph Bennett Esqr. one of his Ma.ts Justices of ye peace for the County & Libty aforesd 21.st Jan. 1700

Who upon his Oath saith that about the hour of one or two of ye Clock this same day there came to his Coffee house in Red Lyon Court in drury Layne the person now present calling himselfe by the name of James Massey (a Frenchman) with another person in a cloak, whose name is Maizey and call'd for a dish of Coffee a peice, after they had drank their Coffee, the Sd Massey asked Mary the wife of of {sic} this Examinant, to fetch him a bottle of Wine, and gave her a peice of false and counterfeit money, made in the likeness and Similitude of a good Spanish pistole, upon which the said Mary showing it to this Informant, he im̄ediately ꝑceived it to be False, and questioning him how he came by it he said, he brought in out of France, but this Informt not beleiving what he said, would have him before a Contstable, in order to which he brought him to one Car{illeg}ew's a Con.ble in Drury layn at ye door of whose house, he dropt a paper, in wch paper there was another false and counterfeit peice of Money like unto a Spannish pistole. Jurat coram                                         John Marshall Jos: Bennett

And the above said John Marshall further deposeth, that Searching ye Roome of the Sd Massey, he found in ye Chimney upon ledge there, a leathern purse wherein was eight Sixpences and 13. shillings of counterfeit money of ye curr.tt coyn of this Kingdome two counterfeit Lewis d'ores, & Severall counterfeit peices of Spanish Coyne Jur præ coram                                     John Marshall Jos: Bennett.