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Middlesex to wit


The Information of John Dear< no role > of upper
Clapton in the parish of Hackney in the said
County Coachman and Benjamin Bedford< no role > of
the same Yeoman

This Informant John Dear< no role > or his Oath saith that
on Thursday the 3rd day of January instant abo [..]
the Hour of eleven o'Clock in the forenoon there [..]
feloniously stolen from offf some Pales before this
Examinants Dwelling House at upper Clapton aforesaid
a large brown Box Coats this Examinant Property, wh [..]
had been placed there to be dried, by some Person or
persons unknown to him.

And this Examinant [..] Benjamin Bedford< no role > on
his Oath saith that at the Request of the said John Dear< no role > 's
Wife he went soon after the Coat was Stolen in Search
of the person on persons who had taken [..] it, towards
Stoke Newington , and there this Examinant over look and
apprehended one John Ingram< no role > with the said Coat tied up
in a blue Apron carrying it under his Arm. And this
Examinant verily believes that the said, John Ingram< no role >
stole the said Coat.

The Mark of
[mark]
John Dear< no role >

The mark of
[mark]
Benjamin Bedford< no role >

Taken and sworn the 5th. day of
January 1782 before me}

D Wilmot< no role >

Witness
Cha: Lush< no role >




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