Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II Collected from the most authentic accounts extant . PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTQfl, tUtt*-: GEORGE ii.] REMARKABLE PERSONS. 25 JAMES ASHLEY, a brandy-merchant, residing inBread-street, London, in the year 17-52, was broughtinto considerable notice by a transaction whichtook place between him and Henry Simons, aPolish jew, who represented himself as being robbedby a person named Joseph Goddard, a publican, atCranford-bridge., of five hundred and fifty-four ducat
Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II Collected from the most authentic accounts extant . PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTQfl, tUtt*-: GEORGE ii.] REMARKABLE PERSONS. 25 JAMES ASHLEY, a brandy-merchant, residing inBread-street, London, in the year 17-52, was broughtinto considerable notice by a transaction whichtook place between him and Henry Simons, aPolish jew, who represented himself as being robbedby a person named Joseph Goddard, a publican, atCranford-bridge., of five hundred and fifty-four ducats,which he had brought to England, for the purposeof laying out in watches and other goods. On thischarge Goddard was tried at the Old Bailey, andhonorably acquitted. Subsequently, a bill of in-dictment was preferred and found by the grand juryfor the county of Middlesex, against Simons, forwilful and corrupt perjury. Ashley, who waspresent at the examination of Goddard, when chargedwith the robbery before Justice Chamberlayne, andunderstanding, on Goddards acquittal, an indict-ment for perjury was issued against the jew, acci-dentally meeting Simons travelling on foot towardsIlford, from whence Ashley was comi
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