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11th December 1730 - 16th February 1732

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The Examination & Confession of John Rowe< no role > , Taken
before me Sr. Wm Billers< no role > Kt . & Alderman & One of his Majties
Justices of the Peace for the Sd. City of London .

This Examinant Confesseth & Saith That he hath Stollen
Six Bed Ticks, Several Bolsters & Pillow, and Sundry Chyney
hangings & Velvet Cushens & other things from the Shop
of Daniel Cooper< no role > his master in Cornhill in the City of London
the Same being the Goods & property of the sd. Daniel Cooper< no role >
And This Examinant further Saith That Elizabeth Allom< no role >
a Woman that Cryes old Clothes frequently used to Come
to the house of the sd. Daniel Cooper< no role > this Examinants sd
master Very Early in a morning & before the Shop was
oppen and did Several times Receive of this Examinant
Sundry Goods but more perticularly two Bed Ticks a parcel
blew Linsey hangings, and two Canvass Baggs, which She
the sd. Elizabeth Allom< no role > well knew to be Stollen from the
sd Daniel Cooper< no role > , & for wch She did not pay this Examinant
more than half the value And this Examinant further
Saith That the sd. Elizabeth Allom< no role > directed him to
Shut the Door and that they privately Contracted
for the sd. Good within the sd. Shop and that She the
sd. Elizabeth Allom< no role > Took the sd. Goods up in ye sd. Shop
& put them in a Bagg & privately bore them away
and further this Examinant Saith not

Witnesses prest. at the
hearing this Confession Read
& Seeing the Same Signed by
the Above named John Rowe< no role >
on the 5th. day of 8ber 1731

John Rowe< no role >

Daniel Cowper< no role > Junr.
Thos: Church< no role >

Taken Signd. & Acknowledgd
before me this 5th. of October
1731.

Wm Billers< no role >




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