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Mint Office Guineas Fraud Suspects Nabbed in London
Government issues a reward for capturing anyone involved in filing and diminishing guineas. Samuel Davies, a butcher with a London shop, absconded and was found with coin filings and tools. Several others named, including Bryan Duff, Mary Dean, and Margaret Rutherford, are described and sought for questioning or arrest. Officials urge contact with Samuel Davies’s solicitor at Clement’s Inn.
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Woitenall
Hugh Cuffy
Newgate
Portugal
Coffy
Potter
Tower of London
Lords Justices
Samuel Davies
Bullard
West Smithfield
Sid
Wrexham
Leverpool
Thame
Oxfordshire
German Street
St. James’s
Bryan Duff
Mary Dean
Frankfan
Margaret Rutherford
Ireland
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
Charles Street
Red Lion
King-Street
Golden Square
Harrison
Cheshire
Dublin
Jame
Green-Arbour-Court
Golden Hind
Moorhelds
Bow- Lane
Cheapside
Mary Fofter
Robert Rutherford
John Ligomier
Temple-Bar
London
Bow-Lane
Samus Davies
Fountaine Cook
His Majesty’s Mint
Clement’s Inn