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23rd December 1762 - 28th December 1762

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and the other two took it by Turns & they rubbed
Mud over the Cuts to Prevent the Watchmen taking
Notice of it; when they had cut away the
Shutter Tompkins broke the Glass [..]
Glassand cut this Hands, they took out five
Watches, one Metal one, two pair of Buckles
a kind of Snuft Box, that they Sold the Watches for
a Guinea a piece to the Jew in Hounsditch & a
Guinea for the Buckles & [..] Box, that
Dunbar Pumped them to know what they had
done with the Things, Wilkinson & Gregory
also pumped the others to know whether they
had not taken these Things.

The Reason Wilkinson was not with them
he was not then in the Way and so they went out
by themselves.

That the Time Gregory was taken was
the first Time they had the Hanger cut, that it
was to defend themselves with & not removing
as Wilkinson Pretended

That about nine Months ago or more he
went with Ben Bowler< no role > to the Fields near the
Foundling Hospital , he get over the Wall behind
a House but don't know whose Bowler stood by
Wall without side, he found a flowered linen
Gown & two pair of light coloured Worsted
Stockings which he threw over the Wall to Bowler
he get back directly & they went away together
directly, this Examinant send them to Abrahams
by a Woman, whom he employed for that purpose
she brought back ten shillings he did not see
Abrahams of which Money she gave this Informt.
about five or six Shillings & Bowler afterwards
informed him that he had reced the Remainder




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