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 over the door, concealed behind a piece of plank, and also two pieces of pasteboard, one with a small deal board to it, the other without; he gave them to Mr. Linwood, who delivered them to Clay.

Charles Clay was present at the search on the 16th March, and saw the mould and two pieces of pasteboard mentioned by Linwood and last witness, he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard and the deal board, he kept them in his possession till delivered to the Bank of England agents, previous to which he put his name upon them; those shewn him now are the same.

John Ingeley knows the prisoner, has been employed by him ever since last Christmas; he lived in an old farm house at Perry Barr, and had as much as 200 acres of land. Prisoner has strengthened the windows and doors of his house since witness lived with him, particularly the parlour and two chambers [witness meant the chamber and garret already described]. On the Friday week before Booth was taken, he applied to witness to work for him in the house, and from that day witness slept in the house, which he had not done before, until that day witness had been employed in threshing in the farm; when witness went into the house, prisoner's family consisted of himself, his wife, Elizabeth Chidlow, James Yates, witness's brother Richard, the elder John Yates, John Yates the younger, George Scot, and John Barrows; the three Yates's slept there during the time witness was in the house, he does not say all the time, they were on and off; Scot was there all the time, so was Chidlow; Barrows came there the Saturday before they were taken: on the Monday, the day Booth was taken up. Dorothy Ingeley came to Booth's house, she spoke to witness and Elizabeth Chidlow, who were both present in the kitchen, he saw Chidlow go and rap at the parlour door, and told Booth the runners were coming. Booth came out of the parlour in consequence, and said to Dorothy Ingeley, "Good woman, what bother have you brought here?" she said, in answer, there were some gentlemen coming through Perry, and they said they were the runners; Booth replied, "It is a damn'd lie, they durst not come here." Booth 'then went back to the parlour, and immediately afterwards called witness to him C