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Image 405 of 4433rd May 1786


Informant laid hold of said Charles Johnson< no role > and said John
Jones
< no role > and secured the Basket of Linen when said Lee alia Levi ran
awaythat he left said Johnson and Jones in the Custody
of William Triplett< no role > and others and pursued said Lee Alia Live whom
he securedthat said Johnson and Jones told this Informant
that they were employed by a Man whom they knew not, to carry
the Linen over the Water but where they did not saythe
said William Triplett< no role > saith that on said Saturday Afternoon
the 29th. day of April last at the top of Newman Street next the
Fields he saw [..] said Johnson Jones and Lee alias Levi now present
together, with the Basket of Liner now produced, that said
Johnson had the Basket of Liner at this time on his head who
carried it as far as Brooks's the Wild Beast House, then said
Lee alias Levi look it from him and carried it as far as Francis's Cow House
when said - Jones took it from him and carried it till they were
secured by said Henry Crocker< no role > the Constable And the said
Thomas Hardcastle< no role > saith that he was present at this time
and saw said Johnson and Jones carry said Basket
of Linen

Sworn before me this
3d. day of May 1786 }

NBond.

William Hall< no role >
Hents Crocker< no role >
William Triplett< no role >

his
Thomas [mark] Hardcastle< no role >
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