Note 147 — Chapter VI

Paul Wells, executed at Oxford, Sept. 1, 1749, for the following, scarce to be called forgery:—Being sued by a Mrs. Crooke for a debt of only nine pounds odd money, he altered the date of the year in the bond to the ensuing year, to evade the suit for twelve months.—Vide an authentic account of his life, by a gentleman of C. C. C. Oxon.