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1773

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Middlesex to wit


The Information of William Oakman< no role >
George Oakman< no role > and James Smith< no role >
taken before me one of his Majestys
Justices of the Peace for the said County

Who being severally upon Oath say And first this
Informant William Oakman< no role > for himself saith that
he went to Bed. about 12 o'Clock on Saturday
Night last with the other two Informants who
lay in the same Room that he layd his Coat
upon the Bed with his Breeches that he was
awaked between two & three o'Clock in the Morning
by a Mans coming into the Room the Door being
unlocked and this Informant called to the Man
in the Room & asked him what bearing he had
there & his answer was that he came from Pleasen
and this Informant found the Door open & pursued
the said Main to the One Pair of Stairs & there
stopped him & discovered him to be the person now
present who calls himself Philip Mallan< no role >
and the other two Informant came down to him
who knowing him & that he Lodged at the Next
Door they let him go but upon this Informant
coming up Stairs again he found his Coat end
Breeches at the Landing place of the one pair of
Stairs Room this Informant living in the two
pair of Stairs & upon searching his Breeches he
found a Guinea in Money numbered which he had received of his
Master & some other Money but what quantity
he cannot tell taken of it of his Breeches
upon which this Informant together with
the other two Informant followed the said
Malan to the Next Door & took him in his
Room & searched him but did not find any
part of his Money

And these Informant George Oakman and< no role >
James Smith< no role > for themselves Jointly say that
they were awaked about three o'Clock on Sunday
Morning last by the said Philip Malans< no role >
coming into the Room and Present him with




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