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Image 44 of 4022nd February 1771


Opened the Door & they found theCrimGoods last
Described & the Crimson Mowen Furiture hid
Under the Stairs And this Informant James
Wise
< no role > for himself saith that he Rents a Field of
the other Informt. Mary Marton< no role > which Adjoins
to the Garden of the said Mary Marton which is not
a thorough fare & further saith that between
Christmas Day last & the time when the Robbery
was Discovered he particularly Discovered the
said Benjn. Thornton< no role > & another Person Unknown
to this Informant lurking for several Days in
the said Field And this Informant Conjectured
at that time that they were a Bird Catching but
he seeing them lacking in a Ditch & he hallowed
to them & which was about the Dusk of the
Evening. And this Informant Mary Marton
for herself further saith that she verily believes
the said Benjamin Thornton< no role > is One of the persons
who Stole the said Goods & that the said
Mary Gibbons< no role > received the said Goods Knowing
them to have been Stolen.

Severally Sworn before
me the 2d. Day of February
1771 }

Saunders Welch< no role >

Mary Marton< no role >
Arthur Hewetson< no role >
James Pomroy< no role >

his
James [mark] Wise< no role >
Mark




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