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Image 182 of 4024th May 1771


Middlesex
to wit}


The Information of James Amson< no role >
and William Simmonds< no role > taken before
me One of his Majestys Justices of the
Peace for the said County

Who severally being upon Oath say And
first this Informant James Amson< no role > for
himself saith that on Friday Night last about
11' O Clock he was Picked up by a Woman now
present who calls herself Mary Williams< no role > and he
went home with her to her Lodgings in Parker's
Lane and when he went to her Lodgings he had
a Gold Laced Hatt a Pair of Worsted Stockings
& in his Breeches Pocket a half Guinea in Gold
four Shillgs in Silver a Bad half Crown a
Linen Neckcloth and two Pounds of Tea in his
Coat Pocket & a Handkerchief And further saith
that he Undressed himself and went to Bed
& put his Breeches Under the Pillow & laid
his Gold Laced Hatt upon a Table in the said
Lodgings the said Mary Williams< no role > soon
after came to Bed to this Informant & he went to
Sleep & about 5' o'Clock the next morning this Informt. Awoke
& found the said Mary Williams< no role > gone his
Breeches taken from Under his Head their above Money
all taken out of the Pocket his Gold Laced
Hatt. Neck cloth & Tea taken away And this
Informant verily believes that the said Mary
Williams
< no role > is the Person who took the said
things away As there was no other Persons in
the Room but her after he got into Bed
And this Informant William Simmonds< no role >
for himself saith that the [..] above Informt
came to him & Related the above Transaction
& he went & Apprehended the said Mary Williams< no role >




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