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The Several Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n298-1">Ann Grayes</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n298-11">John Giblet</rs>
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<del>and</del>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n298-4">John Ford</rs>
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taken before me one of<lb></lb>
His Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45002_occ90">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the Said County</p>
<p n="299">Who being Severaly upon Oath say, and first the said<lb></lb>
one for herself says that the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-1">John Giblet</rs>
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put into the Care<lb></lb>
of the Informant two Sheep And this Informant says that<lb></lb>
She Saw the said Sheep safe in the Pens when a person now<lb></lb>
present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-2">Edward Stubberfield</rs>
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came to fetch<lb></lb>
away Some other Sheep in this Informants keeping And this Informant<lb></lb>
directed the said Stubberfield to let her know when he drove away<lb></lb>
the last mentioned sheep that she might tell them to see that<lb></lb>
the number was right but the said Stubberfield drove the last<lb></lb>
mentioned Sheep by very quick &<del>nor</del>
did not stay to let this<lb></lb>
Informant tell the number he took away And in about half<lb></lb>
an hour after the Sd. Stubberfield was gone this Informant<lb></lb>
Missed one of the sd. Giblet's Sheep and this Informant says that no<lb></lb>
other Person but the Said Stubberfield was in the Field when<lb></lb>
the Sd. Giblet's Sheep were from the time of her Seeing the Sd:<lb></lb>
two Sheep to the time of her missing one of them And the Sd:<lb></lb>
John Giblet for himself says that a Sheep stopped by the<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-4">John Ford</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45002_occ91">Constable</rs>
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is the Property of this Informant and<lb></lb>
was put by this Informant into the Care and keeping of the said<lb></lb>
Ann Grayes And the said Thos: Fayren for himself says that<lb></lb>
a thursday last this Informant saw the Sd: <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-5">Edward Stubberfield</rs>
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driving some Sheep down <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45002_geo88">Queen Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45002_geo89">Bloomsbury</rs>
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and she<lb></lb>
Sd: Stubberfield drew one of the said Sheep from the rest and<lb></lb>
tyed the legs of it and<del>of</del>
put the Said Sheep into a passage and<lb></lb>
left it there and drove the rest of the Sheep away and the<lb></lb>
Sd. Stubberfield returned in about half an hour to fetch away<lb></lb>
the Sheep tied as aforesaid but this Informant suspecting that<lb></lb>
the Sd. Sheep was Stolen this Informant acquainted the Sd <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-6">John<lb></lb>
Ford</rs>
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with his Suspicion and the Sd: <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-7">John Ford</rs>
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Stopped the Sd: Sheep<lb></lb>
upon Suspicion of its being Stolen and upon the said Stubberfield<lb></lb>
being questioned how he came by the Sd Sheep he said that it<lb></lb>
was the property of a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45002_occ92">Butcher</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45002_geo90">St James Market</rs>
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and that<lb></lb>
the said Sheep followed the others that he drove out of a Brick Field<lb></lb>
And the sd <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45002_n299-8">John Ford</rs>
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for himself says that he stopped the Sheep</p>
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