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Image 684 of 77428th November 1787


Middlesex and
Westminster
to wit}


The Information of Lucy
Hamilton
< no role > taken before
Us two of his Majesty's
Justices of the peace for
the said County City and Liberty

Who being upon Oath saith That
about a quarter of an hour before ten
of the clock last night she was asked
to drink a Glass of lignor by the
person now present who calls
himself James Knight< no role > which
the accordingly did and after drinking
the lignor the said James Knight< no role >
took this Informant on board of a
Lighter then lying in the River
Thames at the and of Leottand yard
And immediately after she was on
board the said Lighter the said James
Knight
< no role > by force and violence threw
her down turned her petty coats over
her head and took from her person
a black Silk Bonnet a Shawl and
a Pair of buchiles And this Informant
further Saith that the is positive
that the person now present who
calls himself James Knight< no role > is the
Person who robbed her of the Several
things above mentioned

Sworn before us
this 28 Nov. 1787 }
Lucy Hamb [..]

Gs Bradshaid< no role > J Barnfather




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