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Middlesex To wit


The Information of Thomas Pressey< no role >
of Mill Yard Rose Mary Lane< no role > Labourer
taken before me this 6th. day of
Apl. 1768

Who being upon Oath says that on Friday Night last between 9 & 10 o'
Clock he met with a Woman now present who calls herself Ann Blake< no role >
who Went with him into a House in Perrot Alley East Smithfield , that after
drinking some Liquor he went to Bed with the said Ann a Woman now present
to call herself Margaret Bulge< no role > being in the Room that about [..]
Clock he awaked and found that he said Ann Blake< no role > was gone, that a
Man came into the Room and insisted upon this Informants leaving the
place saying it was his Bed, that he accordingly picked up his Cloaths
and went away having had a pair of Silver Buckles taken out of his Shoes
and a pair of Silver Knee Buckles and a Stone Stock Buckle set in Silver
while he was asleep as aforesaid and another pair of Buckles put in
their place that when he came to the Door he perceiv'd that his Money
which was upwards of twenty Shillings had been likewise stolen out of
his pocket, and this Informant further says that as he was calling
out Watch at the Door a Woman whose Name he has since been informed
[..] Elizabeth Brown< no role > came to him asked him what was the Matter & desired
him to go home with her that he accordingly went with her to a house in
East Smithfield pulled off his Cloaths and went to Bed that she lay down
upon the Bed in her Cloaths and he went to Sleep, that about 6 in the Morning
he awoke and found that the said Elizabeth Brown< no role > was gone and that his Coat
Waistcoat Breeches Stockings Shoes Hat and Wig were stolen, and this Informed
further says that he verily believes that [..] two persons now present who call
themselves Ann Blake< no role > and John Smith< no role > did feloniously steal take and
carry away his Money & Silver Buckles & Stone Stock Buckle as aforesaid, and that the
and Elizabeth Brown< no role > did feloniously steal take and carry away his




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