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The Information of Harriot Mr. Mahone Widow
John Herrington< no role > Philip Phillips< no role > Thomas Wilson< no role > , Thomas Richardson< no role >
and William Chadwell< no role > , Taken upon Oath before
me Goerge Reid Esqr. one of His Majestys Justices
of the Peace in and for the said County this 22nd. day
of June 1789.

This Informant Harriot Mc. Mahone
Upon her Oath saith That she lived in the Haymarket
near the Opera House that on the 17th. of this Inst. June
[..] and Saith that the Carpet Scotch
Carpet now Produced is her Property and was taken
and carried away during the late fire in the Haymar -
-ket by some person or persons unknown to this
Informant And this Informant also believeth
that the two Pieces of Tin Ware now produced are
her Property and were taken away by some Person
or Persons in known at the time aforesaid

Harriott Mc Mahone< no role >

John Herrington< no role > upon his Oath
and saith he is a Butcher and lives in St. James's Market
that about five in the Morning of the 17th. Inst. he was a
at the Red Lyon Alehouse an Market Lane where he
saw a Carpet now produced on the Ground in the
Taproom and Phoebe Wright< no role > laying on it, John
Daniels
< no role > one of the prisoners came into the house and
enquired were the Carpet was gone and who had taken
it away and believes Phoebe Wright answered and
said a Soldier had taken it away Daniels then asked
the Informant to go with him to Hawker's Young Womans
Lodgings wherenewHawkes was to be found to enquire further
who had taken the Carpet and some Curtains Daniels and
informants when it to said Lodgings at No. 3 in Richmond
Street near St. Anns Church Soho where they found
Hawkes asleep with his head on a Table. Informant
awaked him and told him somebody wanted him




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