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Middlesex to wit


The Information of James Wilson< no role > taken
before me this 10th. day of May 1773

Who being upon Oath says he knows Charles Evans< no role > Samuel Plaistow< no role >
and one George commonly called the Captain whose Surname he does
not know, that on Friday Evening last the said Charles Evans< no role > Charles
Plaiston
< no role > the said George and this Informant were in Company together
at the Beckfords Head in Long Acre which place they left about 9 or 10
o' Clock, that they all four went afterwards together to Titchfield Street , that
the said Charles Evans< no role > and this Informant left the other two in or near Berner
Street , that they all four afterwards met again near the Seven Dials ,
that it was agreed amongst them all that the said Charles Evans< no role > and this
Informant should go to the Tap house of the Hercules Pillars in Great Queen
Street and that this Informant should conceal himself in the said house
and should let the others in in the Night Time to rob the said house,
that according the said Charles Evans< no role > and this Informant went to the said
Tap House & this Informant concealed himself there till about 2 o' Clock
in the Morning when every body being gone to Bed he opened the Street
Door and the said Charles Evans< no role > Samuel Plaistow< no role > and George came
in, that they all four robbed the said house of a Quantity of Table Linen
Women's Appeal 2 pair of Breeches and other things, that they all four
then came out together into Great Queen Street and walked together
to the top of Little Queen Street where the said Charles Evans< no role >
and this Informant parted with the said Samuel Plaistow< no role > and George
who took the said stolen Goods in order to all them, that the said
Charles Evans< no role > and this Informant went to a Night house in St.
James's & from thence over Westmr? Bridge to a house near St George's
Fields, that the said Charles Evans< no role > and this Informant afterward
spent the whole day together James Willson< no role >

Sworn before me
May 10.1773}

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