said it was Pity to rob a Neighbour & the sd. James Daniel< no role >
& James
Welch< no role >
said let us go & hinder them from robbing the House & said
James Daniel< no role >
do you go in first & we will stop them from robbing
the same but upon his going in the Prisoners knockt him down
& kick'd him he then cryed out Murder and a Tenant to Mr.
Duttons one George Robinson< no role >
otherwise Graham came down & said he was what was amiss & wod. call
Mr. Dutton when Mr. Dutton came down Stairs he opened the Door
& let him into the House When he immediately says to Dutton
you may that thank Hyde or else your House wod. have been
robbed that Dutton then searched about & found a Piece of Lead
that sd. Dutton knockt at the Door of Ann Smith< no role >
who also said
if it had not been for sd. Hyde his House wod. have been robbed
Ann Smith< no role >
upon her Oath saith that she lives in Newtoners
Lane
at the back Part of the Publick House called the Bank
that she was waiting on Sunday Night the 31st. of Augustof
for the Person who lives with her to come Home that she heard
some Men come the back Way into the Yard past her Room
Door upon wch. she went out to see whoitthey were & seeing
them there was much frightened & returned back when they
followed her she then went further in the Street & met George
Hide< no role >
& asked him if he knew what those Men were about to do
& then she returned back when the Prisoners refused to let her
go in & said she shod. not go into her own Place when John Collins< no role >
the Prisoner struck her & the sd. Thomas Hunt< no role >
the other Prisoner
stood & refused to let pass to her Appartment till George
Hide< no role >
came up & assisted her
George Graham< no role >
otherwise Robinson< no role >
upon his Oath saith that on Sunday
Night the 31st. August that he was called out of Bed by
one George Hide< no role >
in order to give him a Light & said the Bank
Publick House was going to be robbed that when he came