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to follow him thither, becaufe of fome evil Reports flie
had receiv'd of him, fo he fettled her in a MUUners
Shop in a Town in EJJex, where (he had good Bufmefs,
and kept her two Sons without troubling him, altho'
he afterwards took them from her, and put them to
Boarding Schools, and the eldeft to a Trade, and on
that Account he made fuch heavy Demands upon his
Wife, that (lie was forced to throw up her Bufmefs, to
her great Lofs and Ruin. Sometime after, he being a
good Writer and dextrous Accomptant, had the good
Fortune to get a Place in the Bank of England; while
he was in this Employment, one W n and his Wife
advifed Mr. Maynee not to flip fuch an Opportunity of
acquiring Money, where fuch Heaps were going and
coming, and which might free both of theni from di-
vers Incumbrances. yix. Maynee hy this Time plung'd
in Debts and Difficulties, which was not averfe to this
Propofal, and defrauding the Bank of more than 2000 /.
gratifying W «, who went to the Bank and re-
ceiv'd the Money for him at different Times, with
800 /. and referving the reft to fupply his own Necef-
fities. This Pradlice he began in the Year 1724;
W « was fo urgent in his Demands, being a ne-
ce(ritous Fellow, and came fo often for Money, that
one Time he was in a Palfion at him, and fwore a fo-
kmn Oath that he would never give him a Farthing
more, altho' afterward for fear of a Difcovery upon
W ?/s threatening him, he did give him more,
About this Time alfo he married a third Wife, an
honeft grave Widow Woman in Town, and who (he
faid) was a virtuous Woman, and a fober, good Houfe-
wife. And now he refolv'd no more to truft W- K,
or any Perfon, but to carry on his Frauds by himfelf,
which he did, and accordingly, as by a Lift of Notes
drawn up by an eminent Perfon of the Bank, and (hown
him by a Gentleman who vifited him, and which he
acknowledg'd to be juft and right to a Nicety : They
were Bank Receipts made out in the Name of one
R——t S'—^n, within nine Months before he was
takers