The Information and Confession of James Button< no role >
against certain Persons committing of divers Felonies

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That last Night he in Company with One Richard Beechey< no role > and a
Man living in Barnaby Street and another PersonMarines
enteredwent in order to go on board the Ship Lawrence about Nine o' Clock
and the said Richard Beechey< no role > and the other Person entered into
the said Ship and left him in a Boat in order to Receive what
Goods they should Steal from the said Ship And Soon after the
said Richard Beechey< no role > and the other Assisting him Beechey Felus Boys of Pyments recoveredat
which they had taken from out of the said Ship over the ships Side into the said Boat and thentheyhe and the
said RichardRichard < no role > and the other personwentcame on Shore and
then carried the same to Mr. Smith at the King Arms near
Wapping New Stairs and carried the Same into the Back Door
of the said House and he carried his into the Cellar and left the
same there and the other two persons Beechey and the other
carried there two Bags into the Kitchen and a Man named

Hudson at the said Smith weighed the said Bags
live of them with Kitchen and two in the Cellar and gave them
the price of Six pence per pound for the same being about Seven
Guineas, And Saith he met with the said two persons at Mr
Petersons the Town of Ramsgate Wapping Old Stairs and the
other Man with Beechey askt him if he had a Mind to go with
him to get two or three Bags of Pymen to, And he agreeing they
began to talk abot. Conveying the Bags when they had got
them and they said to Each other in Conversation that Smith
Meaning Godfrey Wm. Smith Victualler at the Kings Arms in Wapping
New Stairs and also a Man named Hudson there wod. Sit up at
Smiths till Eleven or twelve o'Clock in order to Receive and buy the
Pyments