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23rd December 1762 - 28th December 1762

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of another Place near Tybourn Road , they went with
him that way & turned down a Street on the left Hand
and when they came to a Row of Houses Williams said
he would try to get into some of those Houses for that
he knew they were great Shops, they then went back
and get a Ladder which they found in a Yard in
Tybourn Road and when they came to the Place they
got ever the Walls backwards, this Informant got
over two Walls with them and then Williams tryed
that House and not being able to get in he went down
the Yard into a Stable and brought with him [..] another Ladder
& a livery Great Coat [..] and both the
Ladders being Short they cut down a Line which
hung there and tied them together and Williams then
asked this Informant if he would go over with him
which he refused, whereupon Williams replied that
he wanted Money & Would get in somewhere before he
came back, and this Informant saith that he went back
to Morgan who staid in the Street and Williams came
to them in about a Quarter of an Hour forwards from
the House in the Street and Said he had get the Door
open that they might come in and load themselves with all
Sorts of Silks, Williams then took Morgan into the
House & bid this Informant watch at the Door, they
in a Small Time brought out a Load of Silks and gave
this Informant as much as he could carry and left him
behind them Packing his Silk up under his great Coat
which he afterwards carried directly home to this
Informant's Lodging in Fan Alley Bishopsgate Street
and when he get there he found Williams and Morgan there




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