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a wicked and
fraudulent intention, to thereby cheat and defraud the said last
mentioned liege subjects, of divers large sums of money.
And that the said Defendants, in pursuance and further prosecution of

said conspiracy, afterwards, to wit, on the said 21st February, did, by
means of the premises aforesaid, unlawfully &c. cause and occasion a
temporary increase and rise in the prices of said Funds, &c.
And the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, Andrew Cochrane Johnstone,
Richard Gathorne Butt and John Peter Holloway, in pursuance and
further prosecution of the aforesaid conspiracy, did on the said 21st of
February, unlawfully, &c. respectively sell, and cause and procure to be
sold for them respectively, unto divers subjects, &c. divers great parts
and shares of and in the said public Government Funds and other
Government Securities, (that is to say,) the said
Sir Thomas Cochrane £139,000 Omnium. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone
£141,000 Omnium, and £100,000 Consols Richard Gathorne Butt
£224,000 Omnium, and £168,000 Consols John Peter Holloway
£20,000 Omnium, and £34,000 Consols
at and for greater and larger prices than such parts and shares of and in
the said public and Government Funds, &c. would otherwise have sold
for, with a wicked and fraudulent intention, then and there to cheat and
defraud the said subjects respectively, of divers large sums of money,
of the respective monies of the said last mentioned liege subjects, to the
damage of the said last mentioned liege subjects, to the evil example
&c. in contempt of our said Lord the King and his Laws, and against
the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
[Second Count.]--That the Defendants on the said 19th February,
unlawfully &c. to induce the subjects &c. to believe that a peace
between our said Lord the King and his Subjects and the people of
France, would soon be made, and thereby to occasion an increase and
rise in the prices of the public Government Funds, and other
Government Securities, and to greatly injure and aggrieve the subjects
of our said Lord the King, who should on the 21st February, purchase
and buy a part or parts and share or shares of and in the said public
Government Funds, &c. on said 19th February, with force and arms,
&c. unlawfully &c. did conspire &c. together to make and propagate,
and to cause and procure to be made and propagated, a false report and
rumour, that the French had then lately been beaten in battle, and that

said Napoleon Bonaparte was killed, and that the Allies of our said
Lord the King were then in Paris.
And that they, the Defendants, would by such last mentioned false
report and rumour induce the subjects, &c. to suppose and believe that
a peace would soon be made, and occasion an increase and rise in the
prices of the public government funds, &c.
And that Sir Thomas Cochrane, Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard
Gathorne Butt, and John Peter Holloway, respectively, should then sell
and cause, &c. to be sold for them respectively, to divers of the liege
subjects of our said Lord the King, divers other large parts and shares
of and in the said government funds, &c. at higher and greater prices
than said parts and shares would otherwise sell for, with a wicked and
fraudulent intention to thereby cheat and defraud the said liege subjects,
&c. of divers large sums of money.
And that on the said 21st of February the Defendants, in pursuance of
said conspiracy, &c. unlawfully, &c. did cause and procure divers false
reports and rumours to be made, spread, and circulated unto and
amongst many of the liege subjects, &c. in certain parts of the counties
of Kent and Surry, to wit at Dover in the said county of Kent, and in
and along and near unto the King's common highway leading from
Dover aforesaid to the said City of London, and also in the said City of
London and parts adjacent thereto, that the French had then lately been
beaten in battle, and that the said Napoleon Bonaparte was killed, and
that the Allies of our said Lord the King were then in Paris. And that a
peace between our said Lord the King and his subjects, and the said
people of France would soon be made, with intention thereby to
occasion an increase and rise in the said funds, &c. in order and for the
purpose that the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, Andrew Cochrane
Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, and John Peter Holloway,
respectively, should then sell and cause and procure to be sold for them
respectively to divers liege subjects, &c. divers other large parts and
shares of and in the said public government funds, &c. at higher and
greater prices than they would otherwise sell for, with a wicked