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LONDON COMMITMENTS.

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William Mitchell< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Sir Walter Rawlinson< no role > ,
Knt . on oath of Timothy Brown< no role > and another, for stealing a silk handkerchief,
value 2s. 6d. his property. Dated July 19, 1775 .

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James Cloak< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Mr. Alderman Newnham,
on oath of James Pummell< no role > , for stealing a linen handkerchief, value 2d. Dated
July 24, 1775 .

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Mary Rogers< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Sir Thomas Hallifax< no role > , Knt .
on oath of David Jones< no role > and others, for stealing a pewter pint pot and a glass vinegar
crewet. Dated July 27, 1775 .

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Andrew Hyson< no role > ,
Richard Wood< no role > ,}
from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes
< no role > , Esq ; Lord-Mayor , on oath of George Patterson< no role > and
others, for stealing 4 lead sash weights, value 2s. the property of the worshipful
company of Merchant-Taylors. Dated Aug. 2, 1775 .

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George Cooper< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of Sarah Palmer< no role > and another, for assaulting
Ann Palmer< no role > a woman-child with intention feloniously to commit a rape on the
body of the said Ann Palmer and giving her the bad disorder. Dated Aug. 3, 1775 .

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James MacDaniel< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Mr. Alderman Lee, on
oath of Edward Kenrick< no role > , for stealing a linnen handkerchief value 1s. Dated Au-
gust 4, 1775 .

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Dove Ash< no role > This name instance is in set 384. , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of Richard Plestow< no role > and another, on suspicion
of stealing an accepted Bill of Exchange, dated Bridgenorth, July 24, 1775. drawn
by Benjamin Hastlewood< no role > on Messrs. Anderson and Sandland, Cateaton-street, Lon-
don, for payment of 10l. to Frederick Cobbe Pittman< no role > , or order, 7 days after date,
the property of the said Richard Plestow. Dated Aug. 5, 1775 .

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Joseph Parker< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of William Francis< no role > , for stealing a pewter quart-
pot value 2s Dated Aug. 5, 1775 .

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Mary Baker< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Mr. Alderman Lee, on oath
of Millicent Thatcher< no role > , standing indicted at the General Session of Oyer and Termi-
ner, holden for the city of London in the month of Dec. 1774, for unlawfully
uttering a false and counterfeit piece of money as and for a good guinea, and also
within 10 days afterwards uttering another piece of counterfeit money as and for
a good guinea, against the Statutes: to which indictment she hath not yet appeared
or pleaded. Dated Aug. 8, 1775 .

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John Blay< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by Mr. Ald. Newnham, on oath of
Edward Owen< no role > and another, for stealing a linen handkerchief. Dated Aug. 25, 1775 .

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William Angus< no role > the Younger , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right ho-
nourable John Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of John Theed< no role > and others, on
a violent suspicion of stealing a gold watch value 6 guineas, the property of Tho-
mas Theed
< no role > . Dated Sept. 4, 1775 .

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William Coker< no role > , from Woodstreet-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of Edward Watkins< no role > and another, for stealing
a silk handkerchief value 10d. Dated Sept. 5, 1775 .

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Mary Harrad< no role > , from the Poultry-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of Charles Malligue< no role > and others, on a violent
suspicion of stealing a silver watch and 3s. 6d. Dated July 20, 1775 .

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Agnes Bullham< no role > , from the Poultry-compter , committed by the right honourable John
Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor, on oath of Sarah Hart< no role > , for stealing 2 pair of shoes the
property of Samuel Hart< no role > . Dated Aug. 7, 1775 .

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Sarah Stephens< no role > , committed by the right honourable John Wilkes, Esq; Lord-Mayor,
on oath of John Holland< no role > and Sarah< no role > his wife , for stealing a sheet, a sauce-pan, a
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