An account of the trials on bills of exchange, wherein the deceit of Mr. John King and his confederates, and the pretence of lending money is exposed / [Joanna Southcott].

  • Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814.
Date:
[1807]
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Credit: An account of the trials on bills of exchange, wherein the deceit of Mr. John King and his confederates, and the pretence of lending money is exposed / [Joanna Southcott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / . AN i | ACCOUNT OF THE TRIALS ON . BILLS OF EXCHANGE, WHEREIN THE DECEIT OF 'if. - ( y MR. JOHN KING AND HIS CONFEDERATES, UNDER THE PRETENCE OF LENDING MONEY, IS EXPOSED, AND TH^EIR ARTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. - * . / - { * % July 8th, 1807. AS my name hath been brought forward in the court of King’s Bench, and published in the newspapers, for having, interfered concerning the abominable practices carried on under a pretence of lending money by the advertisements; and so many malicious and false reports have been circulated in the papers, concerning Messrs. Sharp and Wilson ; and many misrepresentations have been made concerning me, I shall now answer for myself, and prove there was cause enough for divine interference to stop the torrent of this evil. In the Courier, May 14th, 1807, it is said that the Attorney General, council for the plaintiff, stated that he could not conjecture what defence was to be set up to the action; he however imagined that some opposition was to be made, as he held in his hand a letter from Mr. Wilson to the plaintiff, in which he said that he had been nformed by Joanna PRINTED BY S. ROUSSEAU, WOOD STREET, STA FIELDS, /