James Lindow: The Examination of James Lindow 25 November 1704

Com Lanc.^er Ss. The Examination of James Lindow of Bostat Yeat in the parish of Ulverston taken the 25.^th of Nov:^er 1704.

Who upon his Examination confesseth and Saith that on Tuesday last the 25.^th of Nov.^er Instant at night he was at the house of Rog^er Woodburn in Ulverstone drinking with some Company with the Said Woodburn Benjamin Johnson, Robt wainman Tho. Petty and others, and some discourse happening between this Examinant and the Said Roger Woodburne, whereby this Examinant app^rehended himselfe to be slandered, he this Examinant pull'd out of his pocket two halfe Crownes, and delivered them to Ben: Johnson (beleiveing him to be an Attorney at Law) as his Fee to be concern'd for this Examinant in a Suite of Law, to be com̄enced against the Said Rog^er Woodburn for the Slander, But this <1v> Examinant doth not Remember that the Said Ben: Johnson challenged the Said $\frac{1}{2}$ Crownes to be bad money, nor that this Examinant thereupon went out of the Company.    This Examinant remembers some time after the two halfe Crownes were delivered to the Said Ben: Johnson, there was a talk amongst the Company, of some more halfe Crownes being found in the town Street of Ulverstone, and brought into the house but this Examinant denyes that he was in the Street, betwixt his Delivery of the two halfe Crowns to Ben: Johnson, and the talk of the halfe Crowns said to be found in the Street, but beleives in that time he might be at the street door, This Examinant beleives he did receive the two halfe Crowns, by him delivered to the Said Ben: Johnson as aforesaid amongst 17.^s which the day before he received from an Unknown hand at Hauxhead for yarn which he sold there, but did not know the man he sold it unto, and that the said 2. halfe Crownes were never restored again to this Examinant                               Jam:^s Lindow Cap.^t &c.^t an et die Suꝑdit coram nobis Cha: Rigby             Tho: Sherston             Jo: Hodgson