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<p n="971"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo640">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo641">Westminster</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n971-1">Sampson Wessels</rs>
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<del>andtaken before</del>
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Us two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ202">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the said County City & Liberty</p>
<p n="972"> <del>Who being severally upon Oath say</del>
And<del>first</del>
this Informt.<lb></lb>
Sampson Wessels for himself saith that he is a Dealer<lb></lb>
in Old Cloaths and other things that on a Wednesday the begining<lb></lb>
of the Month of March last this Informant met with a Person<lb></lb>
now Present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n972-1">Edward Jones</rs>
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(whom this<lb></lb>
Informant had known before) in Oxford Sheet together in<lb></lb>
Company with the other person now present who calls<lb></lb>
himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n972-2">John Hawkins</rs>
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when Jones asked this<lb></lb>
Informant to go and drink a pot of Beer with him that<lb></lb>
accordingly they all there went to a Public House near<lb></lb>
adjoining when this Informant asked the said Jones how<lb></lb>
he became acquainted with the other Young Fellow (meaning<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n972-3">John Hawkins</rs>
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) when Jones replied that he<lb></lb>
was his Partner when Jones entered into a Conversation<lb></lb>
with this Informant touching his buying of Plate and<lb></lb>
other things when Jones complained that other people<lb></lb>
whom he death with did not give a fit price for them<lb></lb>
Complaining that he had lately Sold Fifteen Watches<lb></lb>
to Isaac Volier for Nine Guineas only when Jones<lb></lb>
and the other person (meaning the said Hawkins)<lb></lb>
proposed that this Informant should procure a Purchase<lb></lb>
for a large Quantity of Plate which they told this Informt<lb></lb>
they should certainly become Possessed of upon the<lb></lb>
Saturday Following and offered to bring the same to<lb></lb>
this Informants House for the purpose of selling it<lb></lb>
and looking direction for that purpose<lb></lb>
upon which this Informant say'd he could have nothing<lb></lb>
to do with it himself having no Money nor did he<lb></lb>
Know any body who would be concerned it in it And<lb></lb>
this Informant further saith that upon Monday Morning<lb></lb>
following he heard of a great Robbery having been Committed<lb></lb>
and a very large Quantity of plate Stolen as this Informant<lb></lb>
thinks and verily believes from the House of<obscured></obscured>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n972-4">Fitzoy Scudamore</rs>
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that upon going Past the Lodgings</p>
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