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1789

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Middlesex
to Wit}

The Information of John Rowdon< no role > of [..]
Bakers Wharfe Upper Ground Southwark [..]
taken on Oath before me this 26th. day
October 1789.

Who being on Oath says that on Sunday Night
18th. instant being on his return home from Mary lebone he met
the Person now Present Who calls herself Mary Lee< no role > at the End
of Russell Court Drury Lane , that said Mary Lee< no role > accosted
this Informant and he walked into a Passage near Drury
Lane Theatre Whose he Continued with her about a quarter
of an hour, That in a few minutes after he had left said
Mary Lee< no role > he Discovered that she had taken his Silver
watch from out his right hand great Coat Pocket Where
he had a Short time before put it for the Greater Safety
And this Informant further says that he has no doubt but
that the said Mary Lee< no role > now present is the Person he so
put as aforesaid and who Feloniously Stole his said Silver
Watch

J Rowdon

Sworn before me this
day and Year above Written}

Sampn Wright< no role >




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