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Image 449 of 77412th September 1787


Middlesex to wit


The Information of James Burke< no role >
of East Lane Bermondsay Surry [..]
taken before me one of his Majestys
Justices of the peace in and for the said
County

Who being upon Oath saith that on Monday night
the Tenth of September instant he went to see
the Entertainments at the Royalty Theatre that
at the time he went to the Theatre he had a purse
Containing Six Guineas in Gold and about fourteen
Shillings in Silver in his Breeches Pocket that
when he had got into the two Shillings Gallery of
the said Theatre he found that the said Pense together
with the Money had been feloniously taken and
carried away And that the Purse and Money now
Produced and found in the Possession of a Person
now present who calls himself Samuel
robert Barns
< no role > is the Same which was Stolen
from him as aforesaid

Taken and Sworn before me
the 12th of September 1787 }

Robt Smith< no role >

James Burke< no role >




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