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To wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2289-1">John Jacobs</rs>
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<del>and</del>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2289-2">William Blaskett</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2289-3">John Jones</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me this 26: day of October 1768</p>
<p n="2290">Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-1">John Jacobs</rs>
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for himself says that this Evening he being in his Shop perceived<lb></lb>
that some person broke the Window and Suspecting that something w<obscured></obscured>
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Stolen he run out of the shop immediately and saw some person<lb></lb>
running away, and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-2">William Blaskett</rs>
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for himself says<lb></lb>
that he was with his Master the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-3">John Jacobs</rs>
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in his shop<lb></lb>
this Evening when the Window was broke as aforesaid and that<lb></lb>
he saw a person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-4">Thomas Pitman</rs>
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running away whom he pursued calling out "Stop Thief."<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-5">Thomas Pitman</rs>
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was stopped by <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-6">John Jones</rs>
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upon which this Informant William Blaskett came up<lb></lb>
when he saw the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-7">Thomas Pitman</rs>
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throw away a Gold<lb></lb>
Box now produced, and the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-8">John Jones</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
says that When he stopt the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-9">Thomas Pitman</rs>
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he<lb></lb>
did not see any other person running away, and<lb></lb>
the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2290-10">John Jacobs</rs>
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for himself further says that<lb></lb>
when His Shop Window was broke as aforesaid two Gold Box<lb></lb>
were Stolen<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
one of which is the Gold Box now produced</p>
<p n="2291">Sworn before me the day and<lb></lb>
in first above writen<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2291-1">Thos Kynaston</rs>
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<p n="2292"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2292-1">John Jacob</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2292-2">William Blaskett</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45012_n2292-3">John Jones</rs>
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