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Middlesex to Wit


The Information of Francis Ferdinand Decan< no role > of
Great Titchfield Street Oxford Street Gentleman and
Catherine Knowland< no role > Servant to the said Francis Ferdinand
Decan taken before me this 1st. day of August 1781

Who being on Oath say, and first the said Francis Ferdinand
Decan says that on Saturday morning last about 7 o'Clock two persons now
present who call themselves William Fisher< no role > and William Wenham< no role > came
to his House, to take away the DustThat about a Quarter of an
hour before the said Fisher and Wenham came into his House, he saw
a Suit of green Cloaths, a Marcella Waistcoat, a pair of black sattin
Breeches, a Camblet Coat with a Pocket Book in the Pocket, containing
a ten pound Bank Note; a red Lenin Handkerchief and other things
his property, [..] hanging on the back of a Chair in his back parlour
That in a few Minutes afterwards he went into his Gardens and continued
there about ten Minutes; during which time he was in such a
situation, that if any person had come into the House he must have
seen them, and is very sure no person was admitted in [..] whilst said
Fisher and Wenham were thereThat on his going in, after they
were gone, he perceived that the said Suits of Cloaths, Waiscoat, Breeches
Camblet Coat, pocket Book, Bank Note, and Handkerchief were stolen away;
from which Circumstances, he doth believe and suspect that the said
Fisher and Wenham Stole the same, And the said Catherine Knowland< no role >
says, that she let the said Fisher and Wenham into her said Masters house
about 7 o Clock on the Saturday morning aforesaid to take away the Dust
That they continued then about a quarter of an hour and then took it away




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