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taken before me One of his Majesty's
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Who being upon Oath saith that on Tuesday night test
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about 11'o Clock this Informant going thorough
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he was attacked
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by three Women one of which Women put her hand
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into this Breeches pocket & pulled out a purse containing
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therein Six Gunieas & a half in Gold & some Silver but
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how that quantity he cannot tell and this Informant
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saw the said Woman whom he doth not know deliver
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the said Peuse to a woman not present who calls
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herself
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and this Informant Caught fast
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hold of her hand in order to take his purse & Money
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from her but by some means she had conveyed it
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one of the other two women & they both made of
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this Informant kept fast hold of the said
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. this Informant further saith that a Man
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who either is or personated the Brothr of the said
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came & offered to pay the Money if he
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which this Informant refused & this Informant hath
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been since told that the Brother or pretended Brother
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Sworn before me the
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16th. day of August 1773}
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