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<p n="641"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo449">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit}</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n641-1">Francis<lb></lb>
Swinburn</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo450">Blyth</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo451">County<lb></lb>
of Northumberland</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ166">Master of the good<lb></lb>
Ship Betsey</rs>
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now lying on Fletchers<lb></lb>
Ways in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo452">River Thames</rs>
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in the said<lb></lb>
County. Taken this Fifth day of March<lb></lb>
1782 before me One of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ167">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the said County</p>
<p n="642">Who being on his Oath Saith that on or<lb></lb>
about the Twenty third day of February last there was<lb></lb>
Stolen from him a Ships Boat Containing about Two Tons<lb></lb>
and a half of Logwood the property of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n642-1">Samuel Hurry</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ168">Esqr</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="643">That at the time the same was Stolen the said Boat<lb></lb>
with the Logwood therein was lying along side the said Ship<lb></lb>
Betsey then lying in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo453">New Crane</rs>
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Tier on the Navigable<lb></lb>
River of Thames.</p>
<p n="644">That he verily believes a Quantity of Logwood now<lb></lb>
produced and which was found in the Possession of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n644-1">James<lb></lb>
Highland</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n644-2">William Griffiths</rs>
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now here present<lb></lb>
upon their Examination is apart of the said Logwood so<lb></lb>
Stolen as aforesaid. and that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n644-3">James Highland</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n644-4">William Griffiths</rs>
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were the Persons who feloniously<lb></lb>
took and Rowed away the aforesaid Boat and Logwood<lb></lb>
therein.</p>
<p n="645">Taken and Sworn the day and<lb></lb>
Year first above written before<lb></lb>
me}</p>
<p n="646"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n646-1">Jno Sherwood</rs>
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<p n="647"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n647-1">Francis Twinburn</rs>
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