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take money out of his Pockett upon which this
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James Street
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they asked him where he was going
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& his answer was that he was going to the House
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in Lambard Court as he heard that he was charged
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with taking the money & was going to clear himself
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as he thought it very hard that an Innocent man
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should be accused & afterwards repeated by denied
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knowing any thing of it & continued denying of
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it even after he Clements the Justices House
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but upon his Examination & without any promise
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made to him be confessed that he had taken the
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Money & went to sleep by the Water side & that
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when he awoke he had but Six Guineas which
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he had hid in his shed near the
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and this Informt & the other Informant Joseph
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Romans went over to the said Shed & found the
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Eight Guineas now produced said under a piece
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of Timber in the said Shed wrapped up in a paper
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and this Informant Joseph Romans for
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himself saith that when he took charge of
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he used all the persuance in
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that he was Master of to induce him to tell
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where the Money was & continued his
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sollicitations for near an but he repeated denied removing any thing of them after our but says when
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he brought him to the Justice he then sold
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this Informant that he could tell him where
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part of the money was & this Informant went
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went with the other Informant Griffin & How
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over the Water to a shed near the Old Barge house
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& found the Eight Guineas now produced
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Severally Sworn before me
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the
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14th. Day of Septemr
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1772
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