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to wit
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The Examination of
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Thomas Poynton
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late of the Pari
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of
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in the Said County
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Smith
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Taken before me One of
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Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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for the sd. County this 22d. Day
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of August 1763.
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Who saith that about five or Six Weeks before Easter as he was
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going along
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about five or Six o' Cock in the Evening he
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a Silver Table Spoon which he took along with him to his Master's Mr
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John Gardeners
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in Brookes News, which Spoon he locked up in his
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until about the latter and of Easter week-Saith that he Put sd.
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Spoon in his Pockett and he this Examinant ask'd one
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Peter Hogg
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a Serve
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to sd. Mr. Gardener to go along with him about Eight or Nine o' Clock in
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Evening to Sell sd. Spoon and was told by sd. Hogg that Probably they
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might Sell it at one Mr. Gibbs in
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Bond Street
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Saith home to his said
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to said Gibbs's door and finding it made they returned home to his said
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Master Saith that the next Day he went him Self into Holbourn
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and offered to Sell sd. Spoon to a
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Silversmith
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there who said he Know the
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Spoon and Sd. Swear to it and that the Main that Owned it had Keeps
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or Eleven more, saith that he told said Silversmith that he hoped he wod
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give him Sixpence for Picking it up who told this Examinant that if it
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did not Prove the Persons he Suspected it was he should lose the Six pence
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and also should be Oblyed to Advertive it which wod. rest three Shillings
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and Six pence more And further the Silversmith told this Examinant
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that he wod. go to the Man he Expected had lost sd. Spoon and see if it
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his-Saith that he this Ext. went into the City to take a place on the
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Outside of a Coach to comedown into the Country and on his return to his
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said Master's he called again upon said
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who tole him
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he had not been with the Man and could not Possibly till the Mondon
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following-Saith that he told sd. Silversmith that he might of
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take the Spoon and do what he wod. with it for he Shod. give himself
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no further trouble about it Saith that sd.
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Silversmith
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took
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down his Name in Writing and also where he came from and
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Several other Particulars, and told this Exts. that if the Spoon was
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owned he wod. send this Examinant the worth of it by some of the Coach
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And further saith that the sd. Silversmith Lived on the left hand Side
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going down Holbourn Hill
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Taken before me the day year
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first above Written
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Wm. Wolseley
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(Copy)
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