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to wit
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The Examination of
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John Short
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a
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Rogue and
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Vagabond
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apprehended by
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Thomas Riches
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one of the Patroles of the
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Parish of Christ
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Church
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in the said County taken before
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this 6th. day of June 1793.
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Who on his Oath saith That he is upwards of Sixty
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Years of Age, that he gets his living by working
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as a
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porter
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and
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carrying Goods
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, And further saith
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that his legal place of settlement is in the
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Parish
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of Christ Church
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aforesaid by renting a
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House in
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Spital Street
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at the Rent of Ten Gunieas a Year for
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two Years and upwards and paying the Poor Rates
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and other Taxes for the same, about eight or
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nine Years ago service which time this Examinant
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has done no Act to gain him a Subsequent
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Settlement
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The said
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John Short
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refused to be sworn or to Sign the above Examination
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but acknowledged the same to be true
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Middlesex
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to wit
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The Examination of the above named
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Thomas
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Riches
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and
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Lydia
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the
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Wife
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of
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Henry Cockle
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of No. 3
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Phenix Street
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in the
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Parish of Christ
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aforesaid.
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This Examinant
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Thomas Riches
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on his Oath Saith
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That near three o Clock this morning he heard the
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>
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>
cry of stop Thief, he pursued and overlook the
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>
said
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John Short
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in
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King Street
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Spitalfields
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, and on searching
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him this Examinant found a Chissel a knife and
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lb
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>
two Bags, and further saith that the said
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John Short
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refused to tell where he lived.
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This Examinant
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Lydia Cockle
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"gender"
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"female"
>
</
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>
on her Oath saith
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