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Depositions of Mary Ann Ashpole, James Oliver, apprentice and Charles Brown Sell, grocer of Leighton Buzzard in the case of Samuel Johnson & John James accused of passing counterfeit coin

19 October 1849

From: 1849 To: 1850

Mary Ann Ashpool: Samuel Johnson came into her husband's grocers shop and asked for half an ounce of tobacco and a pipe. He paid with a half crown, which Mrs Ashpool put into the till. It was the only silver in the till. She later tested the coin and found it to be bad. James Oliver: was apprentice to Charles Brown Sell, a Leighton Buzzard grocer. The prisoner John James came to the shop and asked for 2 eggs. He paid with a half crown. Oliver identified this as bad, kept it separate and gave it to Mr Sell. Charles Brown Sell: was given the counterfeit coin by James Oliver and passed it on to the police.

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Johnson, Samuel,
James, John,
Ashpool, Mary Ann,
Sell, Charles Brown,
Oliver, James

Northampton, DUNSTABLE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, grocer, shoemaker, passing counterfeit coin