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Image 93 of 28029th February 1772


The information of Henry Siddons< no role >
Porter to and living with William
Morris
< no role > of Smithfield London-Grocer
taken upon Oath before me William
Nash
< no role > Esquire Lord Mayor of the City
of London this 29th Day of Febry
1772 .

Who Saith that on or about the fifth of November
last Richard Morgan< no role > now a Prisoner in Wood Sheet
Compter late a Servant to and living with Ralph
Watchman
< no role > proposed to this Informant to go down to
Burning ham to Set up a Shop there, and that He
could supply him with Goods to the amount of three
a four hundred Pounds Value out of the sd. Mr
Hoteli [..] Shop without his Missing them, this
Informant told him he knew nothing of the Business
& could not under take it, Morgan then told Him
he would send him Directions how to carry it on
and said the might Sell them at prime Cost and
he would have Custom enough, That about
[..] five Weeks after the said Prisoner came to Informt
at his Masters Stable & told him he had got a
Guinea that Morning, Informant ask him how the
told him It was nothing to Informant how & that in
the afternoon of that Day He askt Informant if
He wod. take part of a Piece of Cloth which he
helped Jack Martin< no role > to for that Martin would be
glad to part with serve of it, and at the same Time four
Martin Pay the Prisoner for the said proce of
Cloth one Guinea & that he said the this Informant

Henry Siddons< no role >




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