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and being sealed by this Informant were left with the
Informant Said, says he believes the Goods now produced
to be the same as were so found at and taken from the lodgings
of the said BloudeAnd this Informant Thomas Hartley< no role > for
himself saith that the said Informant Norman sherv'd two
Hatbands to him as he hath above described, and that such
Conversation took place as is above related says that he was
present when the said Martha Ford< no role > was stopt at Mr. Norman's< no role >
Shop, and was also present at the Examination of the said
John Bloude< no role > and Martha Ford< no role > before the Magistrate and knows
the Ralation of the Informant Norman, as to what passed there to be true, says that
he went before said Ford was apprehended into Wheeler Streets
and made much enquiry after Ford but could not hear of any
such person's living there, says that after the said Bloude &
Ford were sent to the Compter as is before related he went along
with said Norman into St. John Street to seek for the Lodgings of
Bloude at one Greens a porter, but they could find no such
person as Green a Housekeeper there says that the next
day he was informed of a person having called at Mr Harris's
and told where Bloude lodged he want with one Master man
an Apprentice of Mr. Harris's and they got a Search Warrant
from a Middlesex Justice to search the Lodgings of said
Bloude at No. 3 Goswell Street and on searching there
found a Number of Hats a Quantity of Goats wool, Red Wool
and a Variety of other Articles where in the said John Harris< no role >
dealt, says the Goods found were sent to the House of Said
who is a Constable And this Informant John Harris< no role > for
himself saith that he hath inspected into the Goods [..]
said to be taken from the Lodgings of the said John Bloude< no role >
consisting amongst other things of Goats wool weighing in three Bags
one hundred andForthsixty five Pounds Weight, also fifteen pounds
Weight of Red Vigonia Wool< no role > four Grose and one Dozen
of Bow Strings eighty eight Candy and Castor Hats seventy
eight Tinsell Bands for Hatsthreefive Bags of Buttonsthenfive
three Balls of twine two pieces of Belladine looping< no role >
two Grose and six Dozen of Linnings for Hats and
sixteen Dozen of Silk Linings, Eleven Hat Brushes two
pounds and eight Ounces of Verdigrease six Grose of
Black Hatbands< no role > one Grose of Hat Loops two leather
Skins seventy three pieces of Wonsted Hat binding three
Pieces of Silk Hat binding, eleven pounds Weight of thread
one Hatters Rull a Box with Money Seales and Weights, five
pounds Weight of hat looping and several others Articles
wherein he this Informant deals says that he knows many
of the Articles above enumerated to be his property, and
verily believes the whole to be so, says that the whole of
such Goods are of the Value of one hundred pounds and




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