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The Information of
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taken before me this 2nd. Day of
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July 1784.
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Who being on Oath say and first the said
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says that
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this Morning between 2 and 3 o'Clock, as this Informant was coming
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towards
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near
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, a Person now present who
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calls himself
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James Shiers
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met him jostled against him and
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by force and violence feloniously Snached his Metal Watch, Chain
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Seals and Ring from his fob. That the said Shiers kept the same
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in his hand extended for some time and this Informant endeavoured
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to get them from him, but without effects. And the said
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Herbert
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says that he was present at this time and saw a Watch
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and Chain in said Shiers hand, when said Mr. Wright had
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hold of him. And the said
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James Dennison
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says that
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he was also present at this time, and assisted Mr. Wright
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in securing said Shiers, during which time he was a Watch
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-Chain in said Shier's hand.
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Sworn before me this
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2nd. Day of July 1784.}
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Sampn. Wright
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