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1784

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Tavern kept by one Taylor. That at Lynn the said
Edward Payne< no role > confessed to this Informant that he Payne
with Six others had entered a Ship in the Night in the
River Thames lying opposite New Crane Stairs secured the
Ship Hatchways an Scuttler, the Crew in their Hammock
and the Male in his Cabbin, then fell to work and hoisted
up the Dollars put them into a Boat and proceeded on Shore
with them "Informant asked Payne how they cou'd manage
such a heavy Weight, to which Payne replied "We have always
People enough to assist when we get them so far" Inform-
-ant then asked him to what Place the Dollars were carri-
-ed, to which Questions Payne refused to give an Answer
That the next day Informant put the same Question Again
to said Payne, when said Payne replied this "Past went
to Hounds ditch and past to Cock hill" That Informant
then asked said Payne wether their was not a Box of
Watches taken when said Payne replied "Yes there was
that Seventeen came to my Share and damn the Jew
he has not paid me for them" And that this Informant
afterwards understood from the said Payne, that the
said Jew's name was Wo [..] Wolfe. Informant
asked him what watches they were Payne replied "He
did not know but that the Jew was to give him a
Guinea a piece for them as they run" Informant
then asked him how many Dollars came to his Share,
to which Payne replied that "he could not tell, but that




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