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1783

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Middlesex to wit


The Information of Augustus Thompson< no role > Book
keeper to the Northampton Coach at the Ram
Inn in Smithfield Francis Knight< no role > Coachman
of the said Coach and Thomas West< no role > apprentice
to a Friman in Saint John Street taken before
me this 6th. day of Septemr. 1783.

Who being on Oath say and first the said Augustus Thompson< no role >
says that a Box directed to Mrs. Greatreaux, containing sundry
Wearing Apparell and 5 Guineas in Money, was on the 31st.
of January last put up into the Leather Machine behind the
said Couch to go to Northampton And the said Francis
Knight
< no role > says that the same Morning about ½ past Six o'Clock
in Saint John's Street the said Box was stolen out of the said
Machine, Information of which was immediately given to this
Informant in Saint John Street , by the said Thomas West< no role > . And
the said Thomas West< no role > says that he was passing along Saint
John Street at the time said Coach was going out, and saw
a Man jump into the said Leather Machine take out a
White Box and give it to a Person now present [..]
presentwho calls himself William Bryant< no role > , whose person
he now well remembers, and whom he had seen many
times before. And further says that he this Informant
immediately acquainted said Francis Knight< no role > with what
he had seen.

Sworn before me this
6th.day of Septmr. 1783}

[..] Addington

Augs. Thompson< no role >
Francis Knight< no role >

Thomas West< no role >




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