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<p n="317"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo213">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n317-1">Judith Thompson</rs>
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taken before me this<lb></lb>
10th. day of March 1781</p>
<p n="318">Who being upon oath says that a person now present who<lb></lb>
calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n318-1">Mary Thompson</rs>
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hath lived with this Informant as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45024_occ53">Servant</rs>
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for about five Weeks pastSays that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n318-2">Mary Thompson</rs>
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told her last Night between 11 and 12 o Clock that a silver Desert<lb></lb>
Spoon now produced was missing and could not be found on which<lb></lb>
she told her that she must find itThat when she came down<lb></lb>
this morning about 9 o Clock the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n318-3">Mary Thompson</rs>
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told her that<lb></lb>
she would look for the Spoon, and returned in about an hour and<lb></lb>
a half, and said she could not find it; during which time this<lb></lb>
Informant caused her House to be searched, but it could not<lb></lb>
befoundThat she then insisted on the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n318-4">Mary Thompson</rs>
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turning<lb></lb>
out her Pocket before her, on which<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
She pulled out the said<lb></lb>
Silver Desert Spoon (which had been broken on the Bowl) from<lb></lb>
which she is very sure the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n318-5">Mary Thompson</rs>
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stole the said<lb></lb>
Spoon</p>
<p n="319">Sworn before me this-<lb></lb>
10th.. day of March 1781}</p>
<p n="320">W Addington</p>
<p n="321"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n321-1">Judith Thompson</rs>
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