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<p n="979"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo765">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n979-1">Humphry<lb></lb>
Stokes</rs>
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taken before us<del>two</del>
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three of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ294">Justices of the<lb></lb>
peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="980">Who being upon Oath saith that on<lb></lb>
Saturday Evening the 19th. of March<lb></lb>
instant between Seven and Eight oClock<lb></lb>
he was on board the Brig Joseph Captain<lb></lb>
Stokes then lying upon the navigable <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo766">River<lb></lb>
Thames</rs>
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near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo767">Rotherhith</rs>
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in the County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo768">Surry</rs>
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when wanting to come on Shore<lb></lb>
in order to go home to his Lodgings he<lb></lb>
Ordered a Boat to be called from the<lb></lb>
accordingly was done and this Informt.<lb></lb>
got in to it and was proceeding<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
towards<lb></lb>
the North Shore when another Boat containing<lb></lb>
five or Six Men therein rowed along<lb></lb>
side this Informtt. Boat which was in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo769">Middlesex</rs>
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side of the River when one of<lb></lb>
the men in the said Boat demanded<lb></lb>
his Mony by saying Damn Your<lb></lb>
Eyes deliver your Mony and this<lb></lb>
you danmed first when directly a Pistol<lb></lb>
was fired at him and set fire to the<lb></lb>
Bosom of his Shirt Coat waistcoat<lb></lb>
and burnt his face upon which this<lb></lb>
Informant called out Murder and<lb></lb>
theives and Immediately the waterman<lb></lb>
that had been called from the Shore to<lb></lb>
take him from the Ship as aforesaid<lb></lb>
took his Watch<del>and</del>
a box and a sch of China</p>
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