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LONDON.A Jbort' accpfiht of the bill now defending in parlta-menty and which has pajfed the Lower Houjey to prt. . f • a mi n•vent thf' counterfeit big copper coin.It lets forth, “ that the coining or counterfeiting . \ 7 r nil-any of the copper monies of this realm, being pu~niihable only as a mifdemeanor, the praftice thcre-nunaDie omy lt;*■ 411t ,of hath of late years greatly prevailed, andisliaDicto increafe, to the prejudice of trade, and the in-jury of his Majcily’s fubjefts.” , ,The bill then enafts, “ that after the 24th of_ r 1 n_ .11 r\r /'nil n fPT-June, 1771, any perfon that Ihall coin or counterfeit any of the copper monies of this realm, c°m-, 1 11 j l5iV fon-Vnntj. everv luchicij. any ui uit. ----- 'monly called an halfpenny or farthing, every uch^perfon and his abettors ihall be adjudged a felon ;r , . r. .\ _ i:_oeihnvp pvprvpcriuil CUIU illO —-j - ^and alio, that after the time limited as above, everyUliU cuiu, tiiut. ftnvi wav. j------------. -perfon buying, felling, receiving, or paying any counterfeit copper money, not melted down or cut, .1in pieces at or for a lower rate or value than thefame by its denomination, doth or Ihall import, orlame uy us uciiuuuiwiivu, wa-w* — ---* lt;was counterfeited, for every fuch perfon or perfons^ • 1 1* 1 1 * 1 ^ _ C 77Tf ftv ^ V v*** A - ^ J * _ . ^fhall be adjudged guilty of felony. _“ The act iinpowers Juilices of the Peacer u ^Annfprfnt rnnnerX lit O.V-.V HUl/UH J . .grant warrants to fearch for counterfeit coppermoney, and diredls that the fame, and the toolsmd implimcnts uied in counterfeiting the lame, lhall be produced in evidence againil the pcrions* r, i • r_ _r + fUnn fn he de-inan DC pruuui-cu in LMuwivv ^—--- *• jprofccuted; and in cafe of no trial, then to be de-taced or deftroyed, or otherwife difpofed of as ihall% - r 1 )be direfted.
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Bingleys Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Apr 20, 1771
Page 4
Full Page
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USA 03 Jul 2022
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