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The King<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n683-1">Edward Jones</rs>
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At the Prosecution of the Honourable <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n683-3">Charles<lb></lb>
Fitzroy Scudamore</rs>
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for a Burglary in his<lb></lb>
Dwelling House</p>
<p n="684"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-1">Francis Gaines</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ153">Butler</rs>
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to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ154">Honourable</rs>
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the Prosecutor abovementioned Maketh Oath that his Masters house Situate in<lb></lb>
Albemarle Street in the Parish of Saint George <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo501">Hanover Square</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo502">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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was Burglariously Broke open and Entered in the Night of the fourth<lb></lb>
day of March last and that a Considerable Quantity of Plate was then Stolen<lb></lb>
thereout to the Amount of two hundred pounds or thereabouts and Saith that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-3">Edward Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-4">John Hawkins</rs>
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were apprehended for the said Burglary<lb></lb>
and Robbery about the beginning of this Instant April and further Saith that<lb></lb>
one Isaac Sampson a Jew is a Material Witness in this prosecution against<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-5">Edward Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-6">John Hawkins</rs>
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without whose Testimony the<lb></lb>
Prosecutor cannot Safely Proceed to the Trial of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-7">Edward Jones</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-8">John Hawkins</rs>
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or either of them and this Deponent hath been informed and<lb></lb>
which Information he Verily believes to be true that the said Isaac Sampson<lb></lb>
is now in Holland so that he Cannot have the benefit of his Testimony at the<lb></lb>
Present Session Against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-9">Edward Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-10">John Hawkins</rs>
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And<lb></lb>
this Deponent also Saith that he hath his Masters Orders to go himself or<lb></lb>
Send a Proper Person to Holland for the said Isaac Sampson and Saith he<lb></lb>
will use his Utmost Endeavours to Cause the Said Isaac Sampson to be<lb></lb>
brought from Holland to give Evidence at the next Session against the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-11">Edward Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-12">John Hawkins</rs>
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and Verily believes he Shall be able to<lb></lb>
Produce him at the next Session for that Purpose and Saith that a Mr. Myers<lb></lb>
one of the head Rulers of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo503">Synagogue</rs>
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has Undertaken that he will use all<lb></lb>
the Influence in his Power for the Appearance of the Said Isaac Sampson<lb></lb>
as a Witness against the next Session on the Tryal of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-13">Edward Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-14">John Hawkins</rs>
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and lastly this Deponent Saith that he believes there<lb></lb>
is not Sufficient Evidence to find a Bill of Indictment against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-15">Edward<lb></lb>
Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-16">John Hawkins</rs>
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without the Testimony of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n684-17">Isaac Sampson</rs>
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<p n="685">Sworn in Court at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo504">Old Bailey</rs>
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this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45023_date62">28th. Day of April 1775</rs>
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<p n="686">By the Court</p>
<p n="687"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n687-1">Francis Gaines</rs>
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