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{The King<lb></lb>
agst<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3985-1">John Hamilton</rs>
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for Felony</p>
<p n="3986"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-1">Thomas Hatton</rs>
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of the Parish of Saint Martin in the<lb></lb>
Fields in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1625">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Pawnbroker Maketh Oath and Saith<lb></lb>
That on the Eleventh Day of April last he was bound by Recognizance<lb></lb>
before <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1626">John Lane</rs>
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Esquire one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace for the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1627">County of Middlesex</rs>
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in the penalty of Forty Pounds Upon condition<lb></lb>
that he this Deponent should appear at the them next Session of Goal<lb></lb>
Delivery to be held for the said County and give Evidence against <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-2">John<lb></lb>
Hamilton</rs>
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for Feloniously Stealing one Silk Gown and divers other Goods<lb></lb>
the property of Hellen Smith And this Deponent Saith he appointed the<lb></lb>
said Hellen Smith the Prosecutrix to call at this Deponent on Tuesday<lb></lb>
Morning the Twenty Eighth Day of the said Month of April in Order to go<lb></lb>
with this Deponent to Hicks Hall in Saint <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1628">John Street</rs>
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to prefer a Bill of<lb></lb>
Indictment against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-3">John Hamilton</rs>
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for the Felony aforesaid but<lb></lb>
the said Hellen Smith Neglecting to call on this Deponent at the time<lb></lb>
Appointed, This Deponent did go to the said Hellen Smith who then lived<lb></lb>
as Servant to one Doctor Brisbane in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1629">Titchfield Street</rs>
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in the parish of<lb></lb>
Saint <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1630">Mary le Bone</rs>
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and saw her there who then promised this Deponent<lb></lb>
to call on him the next Morning being Wednesday but the said Hellen<lb></lb>
Smith Neglecting to call on this Deponent as she had before promised<lb></lb>
This Deponent then again went to the said Doctor Brisbane's in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1631">Titchfield<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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where she then was Servant as aforesaid and on his Deponents<lb></lb>
knocking at the Door the said Prosecutrix opened it and immediately<lb></lb>
ran backwards upon which her said Master Doctor Brisbane came to the<lb></lb>
Door and greatly Insulted this Deponent and told him this Deponent in a<lb></lb>
very abusive manner that he this Deponent might do as he would for<lb></lb>
that the said Hellen Smith should not go with this Deponent to<lb></lb>
prosecute the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-4">John Hamilton</rs>
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and this Deponent being Apprehensive<lb></lb>
from the illtreatmt. which he had before received from the said Prosecutrix<lb></lb>
and her said Master and by their behaviour seemed much inclined to<lb></lb>
smother the prosecution against the said Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-5">John Hamilton</rs>
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and that<lb></lb>
the said Prosecutrix and her said Master would carry on the said prosecution<lb></lb>
behinds this Deponent back in order that the said Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-6">John Hamilton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
might get Discharged form the said Prosecution this Deponent thereupon<lb></lb>
immediatly went to Hicks Hall and stayed there all the said Wednesday<lb></lb>
afternoon and all the next Day being Thursday and not seeing or hearing<lb></lb>
any thing from the said Prosecutrix or her said Master this Deponent<lb></lb>
became very Uneasy thereat being Ignorant and not knowing what to do<lb></lb>
he thereupon immediatly applied to the Rotation office in Litchfield<lb></lb>
Street and was there informed that this Deponent should go to Hicks Hall<lb></lb>
and prefer a Bill of Indictment against the said prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n3986-7">John Hamilton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
without the prosecutrix in order to get himself Discharged from his<lb></lb>
Recognizance and this Deponent did accordingly on the next Day</p>
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