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Middlesex
to Wit}


The Information of Francis Glossop< no role > of Compton Street
Soho Spermaceti Refiner Abrahm Wavell< no role > of Wentworth
Street Spitalfields Tallow Chandler and Henry
Soames
< no role > of Catealon Street London Tallow Chandler
Taken the 16th day of January 1784

Who being on their Oaths say and First the said Frances Glossop< no role >
for himself saith That the Cake of Spermaoceti now produced
is the property of him this [..] Informant and was Stolen from
out of his Shop in Compton Street aforesaid between Friday
and Tuesday last

This Informants Abraham Wavell for himself saith that
he Agreed to purchase the said Cake of Spermaoceti of the
person now present who says his name is James Scott< no role > This name instance is in set 1362. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients . and to give him
one Shilling and Ten pence per pound for the same, That he saw the
said Cake in the prisoners Shop in Whitegate Street Bishopgate
on Tuesday last and on Wednesday it was brought to this
Informants Shop in Wentworth Street aforesaid by the Prisoner and there
leftitThat on the Evening of the same day he sent the
said Spermaoceti to [..] The House of Mr. Henry [..]
Soames
< no role > in Cateaton Street StreetLondon in Expectation ofwho had agreed to
his purchaseing of this Informant

And this Informant Henry Soames< no role > for himself saith that the
said Cake of Spermaoceti was brought to his Houseas aforesaid
on Wednesday Evening last as aforesaidfor the purpose aforesaid
Thatbut,on Enquiry hearing that the said Francis Glossop< no role > had
Lost a Cake of Spermaoceti he sent to him who came
to this Informants House and owned the same

Sworn before us the day
and year first above written}

John Staples< no role >
Saml Hawkins< no role > .

Francis Glssop< no role >
Abraham Wavell< no role >
Henry Soames< no role >

Mx Jan




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