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this 7th. day of August 1773
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Who being upon Oath says, that about three Weeks ago believes it
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to be Wednesday or Thursday fortnight, about 5 o Clock in the afternoon
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as this Informant was drinking at the three Tuns door in New
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now present came by and told
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this Informant he wanted to speak with him, that this Informant
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appointed him to came to this Informants house that the said
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came soon after and shewed this Informant a Hundred Pound
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Bank Note and desired this Informant to Put it off for him and asked
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this Informant whether he would go with him to Bristol telling him he
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had a Relation there, that they both set off in a Post Chaise which they
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tired at the White Horse near
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the Saturday Morning
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following Intending to go to Bristol, that they Stopped at Reading
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there being a Fair there that day, & put up at the George, that this
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Informant went out and purchased two Grey Horses with the said
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hundred pound Bank Note for about twenty five pounds and received
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a £50 Bank Note and the Remainder in Cash, says He Carried the said
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£50 Bank Note to the Bank and received three £10 Bank Notes and
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the remainder in Cash, Says the said Notes were made payable to this
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Informant says he returned the sold Notes and Cash to the said
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Wiliam Cox
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, Says this Informant sold one of the said Grey Horses to
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a Gentleman in Hatton Tun Yard for £14..14..0 which he paid to
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the said
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now has, and
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believes he keeps it at Dancers in Hatton Wall.
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Sworn before me
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August 7. 1773
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W Kelynge
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