Jane Salt: The Information of Jane Salt 15 September 1702

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Middx Ss The Informaion of Jane Salt Spinster taken this 15th day of Septr 1702

Who saith that about Michmas last past she this Informt did assist Eliz: Bond in ye makeing and moulding the impressions of shillings and sixpences in spanu with flaskisng, and melting block tin and Pewter together in an earthing pott, or crucible and pouring the same into the flasks so moulded as aforesd and took therefrom Counterfeit Shillings and sixpences to the sum of about 8£ or 9£ in tale in the dwelling house of ye Sd Eliz: Bond in the parish of St George,s Southwark and some few days afterward the Sd Bond did intice as this informant to assist her in ye said art of counterfeiting the currant coyn after ye manner and in the place aforesaid to the sum of about four or five pound more And this Informt further saith that she hath been present with the Sd Elizabeth Bond and her Nephew one Francis Smith and Susannah his wife in ye Lodging of the said Francis Smith as well in Long Acre as also in Holbourn, file, edge, scower and Rubb the counterfeit money made as aforesaid and when it was finished the Sd Elizabeth Bond and Susannah Smith did take the same in order to pass it away, and and {sic} this informant farther saith that she has seen ye Sd Fran: Smith and Susannah his wife and their Aint Elizabeth Bond Severall times assist each other in the finishing & cleansing ꝑ'cells of the counterfeit money cast as aforesd by this Informt and the said Elizabeth Bond                Jane Salt capt juxrat an et die supdict: cora me J: Stanley