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6th January 1743 - 27th December 1744

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sell the Watches and then parted That accordingly they all met the
next Day at Neals where Turbutt before mentioned met them and
brought all the said Watches and gave them twelve Guineas for them
and the Money was divided amongst them And this Examinant
further saith that he along with Long Will, Richard Morris< no role > , William
Billingsly
< no role > , William Lemmocks< no role > , and Samuel South< no role > about four or five
Weeks ago persuaded a Porter to set down a Box of Greese near
Turn stile Holbourn and sent him of an Errand by means whereof
they run away with it and Long Will carryed it to Lemmock's House
but he had no Share of that Booty, This Examinant further saith he
along with William Brister< no role > James Page< no role > , Jack the Sailor, Samuel Bannister< no role >
James Roberts< no role > This name instance is in set 3223. one Lippee Mary Gadd< no role > andThee went together to
last Bartholomew Fair where they hasted a Man up near the
George Inn in Smithfield and Jack the Sailor took a Silver Watch out of his
Pocket while they held him but he resisting they all fell upon him
and beat him which occasioned the Man to loose his Hat and a Stick
with an Ivory Head which Roberts took away from himThat about
Eight Days ago he was along with John Graves< no role > Richard Morris< no role > , William
Billingsly and Henry Gadd< no role > and Graves got over the Pails and opened
a Sash Window at the Golden Head near red Lyon Square where he
stole two Pieces of course Linnen Cloth while some of them stood by
to receive it and the others to keep a took out that there was stolen also
cut of the said House five Silver Tea Spoons a Silver Boat and a Punch Ladle
together with a Coat and Wastecoat; the last Silver Watch he was told was sold
for seven or Eight and Twenty Shillings and he had a Share of it but knows
not to whom it was sold That the Goods stolen near red Lyon Square were
sold to a Jew whose Name is Sam and lives in Duke's Place for four
Pounds sixteen Shillings and the Money equally divided amongst them, and
this Examinant further saith he hath been also concerned with me John Giles< no role >
in picking several Persons Pocketts in the Streets and saith that he along
with William Harris< no role > , James Cole< no role > , Jack the Sailor, William Billingsly< no role > Joseph
Field
< no role > and Thomas Cole< no role > about Whitsentide last were in Drury Lane where
Harris and the two Cole's Quarrell'd with a Gentleman and Harris run
away with the Gentlemans Hat, That about half a Year ago he and
Jack the Sailor and James Cole< no role > were concerned together on a Sunday Night
in picking a Gentlemans Pocket at Temple Bar of a Silver Watch and
that about six Months ago he together with Thomas Cole< no role > James Cole< no role >
Jack the Sailor, Richard Morris< no role > , and Billingsly met a Gentleman at Exeter




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