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On Friday the 18th November last past John Carver of St John Sepulchre told Modesty Leister of St Swithin widow that she had been detected of selling gin, and demanded money of her not to prosecute her (as she told this informant), upon which this informant went to one Allen's, whose wife was to be an evidence against Leister, where John Carver and one Norton a cobbler were together and from thence went to John Lawrence's who keeps an alehouse in St Helen's where this informant agreed to give Allen's wife five shillings to stop any prosecution but she said she must have Carver's consent and upon their talking with Carver he agreed to it, and to meet next day at the same house by nine in the morning to pay the money and to have a bottle of gin then in their possession said to be bought at Leister's returned. And they accordingly met on Saturday morning and Allen insisted upon having ten shillings but Carver said it should be ended for five shillings, and then Carver and Norton and this informant went into another room where Norton laid down one shilling and two sixpences in silver and a quantity of halfpence which Carver told and said it was not right and this informant was desired by Carver to tell the money, and he found that there was but four shillings and seven pence halfpenny, and Carver said he would not abate a halfpenny, upon which Norton went away and bright money and made it up five shillings, which Carver took up and put in his pocket. And then this informant offered to pay five shillings for Widow Leister but Allen refused to take less than ten shilling[s] and Carver offered to take the money but not having the bottle of gin this informant did not give it him but went to the Mayor's and was there advised not to pay anything.