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Image 55 of 6819th June 1786


Middlesex to wit


The Information of Sarah Champness< no role > Wife
of Joshua Champness< no role > of Hammersmith
Labourer ; and James Wheeler< no role > of the same
place Labourer , taken before me this 9th day
of June 1786 .

Who being upon Oath say and first the said Sarah Champness< no role >
Says, that about ½ past 2 o'Clock this afternoon a Woman told her
a Man had taken something out of her Garden when she went out and called
out Stop Thief, that a number of Persons immediatly pursued
a person now present who calls himself Joseph Jones< no role > and secured
him and brought him back, And further says the four Shirts a
Waistcoat and a Petticoat now produced are the Property of her
said husband and were Stolen as aforesaidAnd the said James
Wheeler
< no role > says that on hearing the Cry of Stop Thief he saw said
Jones Running away and drop the bundle containing the Linen
before mentioned when he with others Secured him

Sworn before me this
9th. day of June 1786}

Rt. Taylor< no role >

her
Sarah [mark] Champness< no role >
Mark

his
James [mark] Wheeler< no role >
Mark




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