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Middlesex

The Informations of Sarah Hunter< no role > wife of William
Hunter
< no role > of the Parish of Saint George in the County
of Middlesex mariner taken before me one of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County
this 22nd. day of February 1775.

Who upon her Oath saith that about the hour of one In the night
of Thursday the Sixteenth day of this Instant February she this
Informant was in bed in her Apartment in the Dwelling House of [..] John Henderson< no role > in
Bird Street in the said Parish and that one Elizabeth Tibbell< no role > was
then and there laying in bed together with her when they were greatly
corufied at the appearance of a Man with a small Lanthorn and
lighted Candle coming into the Room who was immediatly followed
by two more Men when two of the Three threw themselves over this
[..] Informant and the said Elizabeth Tibbell< no role > as they lay in bed that
one of them demanded her money this Informant told him she had
but two Shillings which she gave him and he forthwith returned
it that the same man took a pair of Silver Shoe Buckles from her
Shoes and one Stone Ring set in GoldRingfrom her finger and being
alarmed bya lodger who livedfor the said Henderson's Wife who laid up Stairs over this Informants
bed Chamber they went down stairs andupescaped, and that this
Informant with all speed came down from her Chamber and
discovered that the said House had been Burglariously and feloniouslyasbroken and
entered by the said Three Men And that having seen Michael
Connelly
< no role > otherwise Irish Mick she well remembers him to be
one of the said men and having seen his Companion Thomas
Mc Donald she beleives him to be another of them and this Informant
doth therefore charge the said Michael Connelly< no role > otherwise Irish
Mick and Thomas Mc Donald< no role > with burglariously and feloniously
breaking and entering the Dwelling House ofher said Husbandthe said John Henderson< no role >
in the Night Time and burglariously and feloniously stealing
thereout one pair of Silver Shoe Buckles and one Stone Ring
set in Gold the Property of her said Husband

Sworn the Day and Year first
aforesaid Before me}
B Camper

her
Sarah [mark] Hunter< no role >
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