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<p n="714"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45022_n714-1">Margaret Benson</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45022_geo364">Parish of Saint John Wapping</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45022_geo365">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45022_occ137">Spinster</rs>
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taken before me one of<lb></lb>
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said<lb></lb>
County of Middlesex this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45022_date127">12th. day of Febry<lb></lb>
1774</rs>
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<p n="715">Who upon her Oath saith that she keeps a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45022_occ138">Slop Shop</rs>
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at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45022_geo366">Execution Dock</rs>
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in the said Parish and that last Night about<lb></lb>
Seven o'Clock Two Men one of whom calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45022_n715-1">John<lb></lb>
Hurley</rs>
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came into the said Shop while the other whose<lb></lb>
name is unknown stood at the Door and the said John<lb></lb>
Hurley pretended he wanted to purchase some Jackets<lb></lb>
and other Things to furnish him for a Voyage to Sea and<lb></lb>
having been shewn a Scarlet Jacket he seemingly approved<lb></lb>
of it and was desirous of putting it on to try but the said<lb></lb>
Informant suspecting an evil Intention held hold of the said<lb></lb>
Jacket and only permited him to look at it when he took<lb></lb>
an Opportunity to snatch it out of her hand and gave it<lb></lb>
to his Comparison at the Door who instantly ran away with<lb></lb>
it and the said John Hurley at the same time followed him<lb></lb>
and both made their Escape and this Informant doth charge<lb></lb>
the said John Hurley and the said other person whose name<lb></lb>
at present is unknown that they did feloniously take and carry away<lb></lb>
the said Jacket this Informant property in manner<lb></lb>
aforesaid</p>
<p n="716">Sworn the Day and Year<lb></lb>
first aforesaid Before Me}</p>
<p n="717">B Camper</p>
<p n="718">Margrer Benson</p>
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