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1788

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Middlesex
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The Information of Henry Hatfield< no role > Taken upon
Oath before us Joseph Faikney< no role > , and Joseph Girdler< no role >
Esqrs. two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County this 5th. day of Febry. 1788.

This Informant upon his Oath saith that on Saturday last
between the hours of Eleven & Twelve o Clock at Night he met Jane
Taylor
< no role > near Jacobs Court in Turnmill Street in the Parish of St. John
Clerkenwell in the said [..] County that he went with her to a gin shop
and was there Joined by the other Prisoner Elizabeth Deaker< no role > that he
there treated them with a half pint of Gin in which place Elizabeth
Decker
< no role > alias Betty the Doll< no role > Maker, took from his Neck a Red
and White Silk Handkerchief, and ran down Jacobs Court he
[..] hen pursued her into [..] a one pair of stairs of room in the said Court
and insisted upon having his handkerchief which she refused
to deliver him the other Woman Jane Taylor< no role > then came up &
Dastened the door, and with the assistance of the other threw him
upon the floor & turned out both his breeches pockets & robbed
him of Nine Shllings in Silver they then afterwards open'd the
door [..] he hasted into the Court & called the Watchman who
refused to give him assistance, which said handkerchief & Monies
Sostolenare thewhere the Property of this Informant

Taken & Sworn before us this
5th.day of Febry. 1788
Joseph Faikney< no role >
Hirdler }

his
Henry [mark] Hatfield< no role >
Mark




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