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<p n="38"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo19">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n38-1">Samuel Stephens</rs>
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Servant to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n38-2">William Chamberlayne</rs>
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Esqr.. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n38-3">William Townsend</rs>
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Servant to Mr. Westcote of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo20">New Compton<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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Bloombury Hackney Man and Thomas O Hara of<lb></lb>
the Castle in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo21">Castle Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo22">Bloomsbury</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo23">Hackney Coachman</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before me this 12th. day of January 1782</p>
<p n="39">Who being upon Oath say, and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n39-1">Samuel Stephens</rs>
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<lb></lb>
says, that about ten o'Clock at Night on the 7th. day of December last<lb></lb>
a Blue Box Coat now produced was stolen from off his Coach box<lb></lb>
near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo24">Drury Lane</rs>
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TheatreThat he Yesterday saw the said Great Coat<lb></lb>
upon the back of a person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n39-2">William<lb></lb>
Townsend</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo25">Oxford Street</rs>
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And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n39-3">William Townsend</rs>
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says<lb></lb>
that about three Weeks ago he bought the said Coat of a Person<lb></lb>
now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n39-4">Richard Spencer</rs>
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at a house<lb></lb>
next the Kings<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Arms in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo26">Newtoners Lane</rs>
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and paid him<lb></lb>
fifteen shillings and six pence in Money and five pence half penny in Liquor<lb></lb>
for the same And the said Thomas O'Hara says, that he was<lb></lb>
present at the time the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n39-5">William Townsend</rs>
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bought the said<lb></lb>
Great Coat as aforesaid and saw him pay half a Guinea<lb></lb>
in part of payment for the same</p>
<p n="40"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n40-1">Samuel Stephens</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n40-2">William Townsend</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n40-3">Thomas O'Hara</rs>
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<p n="41">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
12th. day of Janry. 1782}</p>
<p n="42"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n42-1">Thos. Gilbert</rs>
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