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for Footpad Robberies That on Monday the
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severnth May Instant the said Cousins
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was then at
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Rose Street
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That the said Lawson then gave
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this Informant duplicate of a Cloak
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Pawned for eight Shillings and told her
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that it was pawned at Mrs. Cooper's
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Pawnbroker in
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and desired
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this Informant to go to Mr. Cooper's and
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redeem the said Cloak and to pawn it al
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another place for half a Guinea And
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this Informant further says that she went,
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to the said Mr. Cooper's where she
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redeemed the Cloak now produced and
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who would Cond her no more than
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six Shillings on the said Cloak That
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this Informant then took the said Cloak
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back to said Mr. Cooper who Cont her
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eight Shillings in the same which Sum
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Sworn before me this
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19th. day of May 1787}
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W Addington
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Sarah Buxton
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