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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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The Information of
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James Gubbins
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before me this 1st. day of April 1788
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Who being upon Oath saith that he is
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Surveyor to
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Fire OfficeThat between the hours of Ten
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and eleven on Monday Morning the 24th. of March last he went to the Fire
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on the Ruins in Pultney Street then into the Room on
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the Ground Floor where he saw Broughton an other
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FiremanThat he saw Clarey now present raking
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with his handsThat he asked
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Broughton what he was
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about when he replied that he was looking after Clareys
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PropertyThat said Clarey informed this Informant
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that he had lost sixteen or seventeen Guineas in Money
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Informant then asked him if he had lost no other Property
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when he replied that he had lost five hundred Pounds
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in Bank NotesThat he said his Money and Notes were
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in a Chest and pointed to apart of the Ruins where
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he said the said Chest had stood. That upon searching
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the Ruins be discovered the end of a Chest on which
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was an Iron handle when said Clarey observed that
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that was the Chest, as he knew it by the handle
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That after removing
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a little in the depth of the
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Rubbish he discovered that the lid of the Chest had been
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burnt and that it contained several pieces of Hay
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Bands, Rolls of Paper, and pieces of coarse Cloth. That
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in a few Minutes afterwards he returned to the Spot
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where he saw said Clarey tearing the Rolls of Paper and
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flinging them about the the Ruins. That he then
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