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Edinburgh^ Jan. 24. On Thurfday two bag3 ,artd a box of counterfeit halfpence were fcizedfrom the Newcaftle waggon, and lodged in the Canongate Connell - houfe. A coirfiderable quantity was carried off before they could be lei zed. 'As counterfeit halfpence are fttll circulated ip con fide r able quantitits, it may be acceptable toonr readers to-be reminded of the ail x Irh Geo* '* ' * ***III. cap. xli feft, 2. “ If any per fan fhall, from : and after June 24, 1771, buy, fell, ‘receive,for . put off any- counterfeit copper money, not-melted dow ir or cut in pieces, at a lower, rare,.than the fa hie, by its denomination it doth tm.port, or w4s counterfeited for, .every fuch per-fon ftiall be adjudged guilty offelony”
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Whitehall Evening Post

London, Middlesex, GB

Tue, Jan 25, 1785

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