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<p n="767"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo469">Westminster</rs>
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to wit}</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n767-1">Andrew Elson</rs>
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take upon Oath this 5th day of May 1781<lb></lb>
before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n767-2">William Hyde</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45024_occ146">Esquire</rs>
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<p n="768">Who saith that a bought to Month ago, an a Tuesday Evening, <lb></lb>
he went eat some Soup in a Cellar in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo470">Bridges Street Covent Garden</rs>
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that <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n768-1">Samuel Davies</rs>
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, the Prisoner, was in Company with<lb></lb>
Several others, in the said Cellar, that the said Davis and<lb></lb>
his Companions pushed this Deponent against the Wainnott,<lb></lb>
and afterwards struck him, and gave him Several blows, on<lb></lb>
and about his Head and fail, that as Soon as they had left<lb></lb>
beating this Deponant they went out of the Cellar. this<lb></lb>
Deponent then immediately cry'd out that he was rob'd of<lb></lb>
his Watch by the persons who was in the Cellar<lb></lb>
but all said they knew nothing of it. That about Six days<lb></lb>
ago this Deponent was Inform'd by a Man who was in a Publick<lb></lb>
House that one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n768-2">Samuel Davis</rs>
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(the Prisoner) had get this<lb></lb>
Deponents Watch, that on this Day this Deponent met<lb></lb>
said Davis in the Street. and took him into Custody<lb></lb>
with the Watch upon him, that was taken out his<lb></lb>
Pocket as aforesaid</p>
<p n="769"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n769-1">Andrew Elfin</rs>
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<p n="770">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
Fifth Day May 1781}</p>
<p n="771"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n771-1">William Hyde</rs>
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