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<p n="1582"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1582-1">William Draper</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1582-2">John<lb></lb>
Pritchard</rs>
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taken before me one of his Majesty<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ409">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the sd. County</p>
<p n="1583">Who being sevly on Oath say & first this Inst. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1583-1">Wm.<lb></lb>
Draper</rs>
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for himself saith That he had been<lb></lb>
robbed of diverse hatts and<obscured></obscured>
a person<lb></lb>
now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1583-6">Rob. Cole</rs>
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to have<lb></lb>
stole the same the sd. Robt. Confessed than he<lb></lb>
had stole a Hatt at the Instigation of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1583-2">Cornelius<lb></lb>
Fair bridge</rs>
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and Carryed it to him but there the sd. Robt. never reced any<lb></lb>
Money from the sd. Cornelius And this Inf <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1583-3">Jno.<lb></lb>
Pritchard</rs>
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for himself saith That about nine Weeks<lb></lb>
ago the sd Cornelius crosst a Hatt to this Inft.<lb></lb>
and told him that he had made it for a<lb></lb>
Man & that it wod. not fit & desired him to<lb></lb>
pawn it which he did for five<obscured></obscured>
&<lb></lb>
them person & save the Many to the sd<lb></lb>
Cornelius says there the sd. Hatt was not<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
And the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1583-5">Wm Draper</rs>
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further saith that<lb></lb>
twenty bels. that the sd. Cornelius knew the<lb></lb>
said hot to be Stolen as he was well<lb></lb>
Acquainted that the sd. Cole was an <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ410">Apprentice</rs>
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to<lb></lb>
this Inf.</p>
<p n="1584">The mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1584-1">Wm Draper</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1585">The mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1585-1">Jno Pritchard</rs>
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<p n="1586">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45008_date90">27 day of Augt.<lb></lb>
1764</rs>
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before me}<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1586-1">Saunders Welch</rs>
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