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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Apr. 



ACCOUNTS RELATING TO PROSECUTIONS FOR FORGING BANK OF 

 ENGLAND NOTES, VIZ. 



1. Account of the number of persons prosecuted for forging 

 notes of the Bank of England, and for uttering or possessing such 

 notes knowing them to be forged, from the 1st of January, 1816, to 

 the 25th of February, 1818; distinguishing the years, and the 

 number convicted and acquitted of such offences respectively. 



2. Account of the number of persons prosecuted for forging 

 notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and 

 for uttering such notes, knowing them to be forged, during the 14 

 years preceding the suspension of cash-payments by the Bank in 

 February, 1797, distinguishing the years. 



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3. Account of the number of persons prosecuted for forging notes 

 of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and for 

 knowingly uttering or possessing such forged notes, knowing them 

 to be forged, since the suspension of cash-payments by the Bank, in 



February, 



