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23rd January 1786 - 18th December 1786

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Image 314 of 68124th September 1786


Saturday [..] Morning the 29th. of July last the said Thomas Porter< no role > and
Thomas Carpenter< no role > came to them and said that they with said
Wood and Painter had committed a Robbery the Night
before between 8 & 9 o'Clock on Highgate [..] Hill That
they got nothing but Money except a Watch which he gave to
said WoodThat out he said Saturday about 10 o'Clock in
the Evening said Wood and Painter came to them and
acknowledged having committed said Robberry with said
Porter and Carpenter and Said that they meant to dispose
o [..] the Watches taken to them which they accordingly did
as aforesaid

Sworn before me this
23rd. day of Septemr: 1786 }

Sampn Wright< no role >

his
Simon [mark] Jacobs< no role >
Mark

Middlesex to Wit


The further Information of Joseph Saunders< no role > of Spectacle
Alley Whitechapel , Dealer in Old Cloaths taken before
me this 24th. day of September 1786

Who being upon Oath says that the single cased Silver
Watch mentioned in the foregoing Information which he received
of said Wood as aforesaid he got "Christened" by a Jew in
Dukes Place and the Name altered to Thomas Pearson< no role >
That he doth not know who said Jew is [..] but paid him
three Shillings and Six pence as he believes for Christening it
That about six Week ago he went to Gosfield in Essex where
he sold to Thomas Gigger< no role > , a Broom maker , who keeps an
House near the Green Man Alehouse the said single cased




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