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<p n="3756"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1421">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3756-1">Samuel Griffin</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3756-2">William Garland</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3756-3">William House</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3756-4">Joseph Roman</rs>
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taken before me one of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ446">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="3757">Who severally being upon Oath say and first this<lb></lb>
Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-1">Samuel Griffin</rs>
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for himself saith<lb></lb>
that about One o'Clock on Sunday morning last<lb></lb>
he went with a person now present who called<lb></lb>
himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-2">William Smith</rs>
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to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1422">Rose & Crouse</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
Lambard Court and when this Informt. went into<lb></lb>
the sd. Honee he had in his Fob Pocket Eight Guineas<lb></lb>
& a half in Gold & some Silver and this Informant<lb></lb>
went to sloop & when he awaked he seen had his<lb></lb>
pocket and Missed the said Money and the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-3">William Smith</rs>
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was gone this Informt. saw the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-4">Wm. Smith</rs>
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the next morning at the water<lb></lb>
side & told him of his Loss & he sayd that he was<lb></lb>
very sorry for the & they went & Drank together<lb></lb>
where the Rd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-5">William Smith</rs>
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repeated by concern<lb></lb>
at this Informt to losing his Money but did not mention<lb></lb>
aword that he had got it that about 11 o'Clock the<lb></lb>
same Morning this Informt went to the Rose &<lb></lb>
Crown in Lambard Court to engine after his money<lb></lb>
and the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-6">William Garland</rs>
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told<lb></lb>
him that he same the manner he was with him<lb></lb>
take the Money out of his Pocket & upon this<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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this Informant took the other Informt <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-7">William How</rs>
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with him & by accident they met with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-8">William<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1423">Covent Garden</rs>
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who told this Informant<lb></lb>
that he heard he was charged with taking that money<lb></lb>
& that how as going up to the House to See himself<lb></lb>
upon which this Infamt told him<del>that he had</del>
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when they came to the said Hose & Crown that<lb></lb>
he had not with a man who told him that he had<lb></lb>
seen him take the money of his Pocket<lb></lb>
and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3757-9">William Smith</rs>
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Smith still denied it &<lb></lb>
said that he knew nothing of the matter upon<lb></lb>
which this Informant charged the other Informant<lb></lb>
Joseph Romans atleast borough with him & the<lb></lb>
said Willm. Smith still denied that he knew any<lb></lb>
thing of the money</p>
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