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29th September 1781 - 16th December 1782

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The Information of Mary Tranter< no role > of Queen Shut
Cow Lane London spinster Dorothy Frauter< no role > of the
same Place Widow Nicholas Bannister< no role > of Fox
& N [..] Court know Hill Basket maker William
Beadle of No. 23 Fox and Knott Court aforesaid
Porter Taken this 17th Decr.1781

Informant Mary Trauter saith that about half an hour after
seven on Saturday night last she came home and found the
Street Door open whereupon she called to Mr Wovall a Lodger
in the House and the Prisoner Edward Dean< no role > immediately came
to the Door and Passed her with the Bundle now produced under
in his Frad that Informant followed him and land hold of the Flap
of his Coat and Oned out stop Thief whereupon the other Informant
Nicholas Banner< no role > [..] and secured [..]
Informant further saith that it was about seven o'Clock when the
went out of the House and she then locked the Door and fastened the
Windows and left nobody therein

Informant Dorothy Frauter saith that the Bundle
now Produced with the several Articles of werewing Apparel
contained therein are the Property of this Informant and the said
other Informant Mary Trauter

Informant Nicholas Bannister< no role > and William Beadle< no role >
severally say that hewing heard the noise of stop Thief
on Saturday Evening last about half after seven of the Clerk in [..]
[..] Box and Rust Court they came out of their
Houses and saw the Prisoner running by and pursued by the said
other Informant Mary Trauter whereupon Informant




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