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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Image 269 of 69526th May 1772


and Which Piece of Wood he believes to have been bored
out by some Cutting Instrument and further saith
that the Iron Stook now Produced was found in the
Bundle taken upon Benjamin Alsworth< no role >
And this Informant John Leadbeater< no role > for himself
saith that on Tuesday Morning the 19th [..] Instant soon after
4 o'Clock he was at Saint Giles's Round house
where he searched the two persons now Present who
call themselves John Adshed< no role > & Benjamin Alsworth< no role >
& found upon Benjamin Alsworth< no role > a Gold Chased
outside Case of a Watch a Metal Elwee for Metal
Spunge Box & an Iron Instrument called a
Bit all which things are now Produced
And these Informants Arabella Knight< no role > and
Robert Berney for themselves say that on Monday
the 11th. of May Instant they went out of Town
with their Mistress the other Informant Mrs
Many Bellamy leaving no other Servant or person
in the House this Informant Robert Berney
saith that he left his Mistress house half
an hour before the other Informant Arabella
Knight
< no role > & before he went he secured & fastened
all the back front of the House & remember double
Bolting the back Kitchen Door in the inside
And this Informant Arabella Knight< no role > saith
that she fastened the forepart of the House from
Top to bottom before she left & double Locked
the Street Door and took the Hay along
with her
And this Informant Mary Bellamy< no role > for
herself saith that being in the County on
Tuesday the 19th of May Instant she received Intelligence that her
House in Newman Street St My Le Bone had been
Broke Open and when she came to Town on the
Friday following he found that it had been Broke Open & a
great Number of her Drawers also Broker Open
& a very large Quantity of to Apparel Consisting
of Silk Gowns Sacks and many other things
had been taken thereout and Carried away but
who were the Persons who Broke One her House
& Stole the said things this Informant cannot tell




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