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Depositions - William Swan charged with uttering counterfeit coin

1 November 1847

From: 1847 To: 1848

Thomas Cox of Luton, victualler – he keeps the Waggon and Horses at Luton. Last Saturday he heard a person was in custody for passing bad money. He went to the cage and saw Swan there, who he knew to be the man who had paid him a shilling for a half pint of beer on Friday. He looked at it at the time and thought it looked queer. He put it in his pocket where there was no other silver. He was going up to the Park and when he got near Flint Cottages he looked at it, bit it and thought it was bad. He showed it to PC Keating on Saturday and gave it to Mr Bayldon the superintendent on Saturday night. He marked it first. The shilling produced is the one he received from Swan. William Edward Bayldon of Luton, police superintendent – last Saturday 30 October Cox gave him the shilling now produced which he said had been paid to him by Swan.

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Swan, William,
Cox, Thomas,
Bayldon, William Edward

LUTON, passing counterfeit coin, victualler, Luton Waggon & Horses, parish cages, beer, police superintendent