• Reference
    QSR1816/221
  • Title
    Examinations and depositions: Depos. of Jas. Ford, Luton, victualler. Jn. Nunn came to his house with Wm. Hull and called for a pint of beer. J.N. said "Here is a Fifty Pound Note - give me change for it". J.F. sent the note to "Mr. Walker" where it proved to be a note for fifty pence; he then handed J.N. over to the constable. Depos. of Wm. Hull who saw Jn. Nunn eating his dinner in the Horseshoes at Leagrave Marsh. He said "well Farmer I a'nt broke yet I have got Fifty Pounds". The landlady was going to give him change for a pound note for his beer but he told her it was a 50 note. J.N. told him he was the youngest of eleven children and his father had left them all 10,000 except him and that he had left him 200 a year "because he was wild" and he received 50 a quarter. There were ten weeks to go before the next 50 was due. They went together to Luton to the house of Jas. Ford. (See 223)
  • Date free text
    1816
  • Production date
    From: 1816 To: 1816
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