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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Image 630 of 69513th November 1772


Middlesex
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The Information of John Hutchinson< no role >
and Richard Hall< no role > .
taken before me One of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the said County
Who severally being upon say and first this Infant.
John Hutchinson< no role > [..] saith that on Wednesday
Night last about twelve o'Clock he was picked up
at the Corner of Dover Street by a Woman now
present who calls & herself Hannah Wilds< no role >
and hersent with her to the House of One Turker
in the Ambury where he went to Bed with her in a
Room and lard his Breeches under the Bolster
of the Bed & at the time he so put his Breeckes
he had in his Fob Pocket a Silver Watch & as
Ssteal Chain &his Brooks Poolein the same
Pocket there was two Portugal Pieces of Gold
called Moidores of the Value of Twenty Seven
Shillings each two Guineas [..] Gold Coin the
Current Coin of this Realin and this Informt
fell asleep and was a wicked in about an hour
& a half & upon searching for his Breeckis he
found they had been removed a little distance from
where he first laid them and upon searching his
Bieeches pockets he found two Watch and all the abovementd
Moneys stolen & the said Hannah Wilds< no role > also
gone & he drest himself & went down stairs
& engusied for the said Hannah Wilds< no role > but
was told she was gone and this Informant
saith that he is certain that the and Hannah
Wilds
< no role > is the persons who [..] his said Watch
and Money as abovementioned and this Informant
upon his Oath verily believes that a person now
present who calls himself Alexander Keith< no role >
receided the said Silver Watch knowing the
same to be StolenAnd this Infounant Richard
Heall for himself saith that he is a Soldier
in the savey Banacks & lays in the same




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