sell for, with 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_ L139,000 Omnium.
_Andrew Cochrane Johnstone_ L141,000 Omnium, and
L100,000 Consols
_Richard Gathorne Butt_ L224,000 Omnium, and
L168,000 Consols
_John Peter Holloway_ L20,000 Omnium, and
L34,000 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 a
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