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Image 413 of 44315th May 1786


Middlesex
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The Information of William Martin< no role > Taken upon Oath before me
Edward Webster< no role > Esqr . one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace in and
for the said County this 15th. day of May 1786

This Informant upon his Oath saith that on Saturday [..] last being the
Thirteenth day of this Instant May about the House of Eleven in the Evening he was in
Company and in Conversation with two Women, when [..] a Person who calls himself
by the Name of George Stevens< no role > and two other Peryns [..] at Present unknown. came up to him and without speaking made a
Snatch at his Brucher and at that time he the said George Stevens< no role > did feloniously take the said George Stevens< no role >
£ carry away a f [..] Cham, two Metal Seals, and a Brass Watch They from out of the [..] Bruches Feb of him
the said William Martin< no role > upon which he seized him, when he the said George
Stevens
< no role > did feloniously cut and Wound and put him the said William Martin< no role >
in fear of his Life, but not with standing his being so assaulted he never Quitted
the Prisoner until taken in Custody [..] Street in the Parish
of Saint Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex when he delivered
him into the Custody of William Taylor< no role > the Constable of the Night of
that Parish

Taken and Sworn before me
this 15th. day of May 1786 -
Edwd Webster< no role > }




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