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<p n="1613">frist put the small Pieces of Silver into the Melting Pot, and afterwards<lb></lb>
Cut the large pieces with a Pair of Shears which this Informant Borrowed<lb></lb>
at his Tinmans. Says that this Plate was melted into about 15 Ingots<lb></lb>
Says that Bochers went away about 6 o Clock his Sabbath coming on and that afterwards<lb></lb>
Barnard melted the Kings and Watch-Cases himself Says that the<lb></lb>
weight of the Silver he believes was upwards of 400 Ounces. Says<lb></lb>
that the Persons Present when the Silver was melted were said Bochers<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
his Wife and this Informant and his Wife Occasionally <lb></lb>
that the said Ingots were carried away one or two at a time by said<lb></lb>
Bochers and another Few. Says the same evening one Lipe Lyons<lb></lb>
and Talbot came to said Barnards Lodgings for Money for said Plate,<lb></lb>
Says Barnard told him he was to give them four Shillings Pr. Ounces Says<lb></lb>
that said Barnard gave them several Guineas that night. Says that said<lb></lb>
Talbot and Lyons came as fast as the Ingots were sold to get Money of<lb></lb>
said Barnard. Says that at last said Talbot said Lyon and said Peel came<lb></lb>
to another to said Barnard Lodgings when the matter was concluded. Says<lb></lb>
that said Barnard told this Informant he had paid the said<obscured></obscured>
£130 for<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
said Plate, Says he heard the name of Coleby mentioned, but said Barnard desired <lb></lb>
Talbot not to bring said Coleby to his Lodgings because he had been an Evidence<lb></lb>
before. Says that said Barnard told this Informant that said Plate had come<lb></lb>
from <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45019_geo632">Lincolns Inn</rs>
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Fields that when said Talbot said Lyon and said Barnard<lb></lb>
were together he heard<del>Said Talbot</del>
said Lyon declare they had got into<lb></lb>
the house backwards and when they had got the Plate they buried it in<lb></lb>
a Dunghill near the house until they could get a Box to bring it away<lb></lb>
in. Says he was Informed they brought the Plate away in a Coach, for<lb></lb>
said Peel asked said Barnard for Money to Pay the Coachman telling him that<lb></lb>
he had had a Guinea already and was flash to the Rigg. Says that he<lb></lb>
does Suspect and believe from the above Circumstances, that said Talbot said Coleby<lb></lb>
said Lyon and said Peel were concerned in robbing the house of Mr. Ewes<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45019_geo633">Lincolns Inn</rs>
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Fields of said Plate, and said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45019_n1613-1">Barnard Solomon</rs>
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said<lb></lb>
Bochers and the aforesaid Few received the same knowing it to have been<lb></lb>
Stolen. Says that the day after the said Plate was melted the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45019_n1613-2">Barnard Solomon</rs>
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Shewed<lb></lb>
this Informant a £10 Bank Note Payable to Ewes or Bearer and said he bought the said Note<lb></lb>
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for £7 and that it came with the Plate that the said Barnard said he wanted half<lb></lb>
a Dozen of Mahogany Chairs and Intended this Informant should go with him to bring<lb></lb>
them, this Informant told him he might buy th<obscured></obscured>
Bea<obscured></obscured>
that the said Barnard<del>had</del>
<lb></lb>
told him he would Change the said Note to Pay lot them this Informant answered no he should not<lb></lb>
because he knew the Tradesman.</p>
<p n="1614">Sworn before me this 29th of May 1773.}</p>
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<p n="1616"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45019_n1616-1">Edwd. Clarke</rs>
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