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The Information of
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17th. day of March 1756
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This Informant on his Oath saith that about Six Weeks ago
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this Informant together with
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agreed to go a Thieving any thing they could light of, that
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about Six o' Clock in the Evening Walls went into a Shop in
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to buy Worsted when he stoll
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about Twenty Yards of Chequed Linen and Two linen
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Handkerchiefs white this Informant and Barker staid in the
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Street to wait for the said Wells who brought out the Linen
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and Handkerchiefs which he had Stole as aforesaid, they then
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the three Tun Alehouse
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where a Jew
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under took to sell the Chequed Linen and in a Short time brought
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them Ten Shillings which was divided between them, that the
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Two Handkerchiefs they sold to Abraham a Jew then living in
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for Eighteen pence And this Informant on
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his Oath further saith that the said
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about Seven o'Clock in the Morning when Barker
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unbolted the Hatch of a Linen drapers Shop and this Informant
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went in and stole about Sixteen Yards of Holland (there
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being no body in the Shop) which they carry'd directly to the
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said Jew who gave them Ten Shillings and Six pence for it
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That about a Month ago the said
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and this
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Informant stole Six pair of Worsted Stockings out of a Shop
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in
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which they sold to the said Jew for Nine Shillings
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