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<p n="837"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo510">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n837-1">William Wilson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45024_occ162">Mariner</rs>
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a Lodger at George Bishops of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo511">Ratcliff Highway</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo512">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
George</rs>
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Broker. Taken this 18th. day of<lb></lb>
May 1781 before me One of his Majestys<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45024_occ163">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the said<lb></lb>
County.</p>
<p n="838">Who being on Oath Saith that about half Part<lb></lb>
One O Clock in the Morning of the fifteenth of May Instant<lb></lb>
he was accosted by a Man (to whom he is an utter Stranger)<lb></lb>
on <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo513">Salt Petre Bank</rs>
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and asked by him Partake of a <lb></lb>
Pot of Beer that he accordingly Consented and went with<lb></lb>
the said Man about twenty Rods up the Bank where<lb></lb>
he saw a Light and round which were Sitting Eight or<lb></lb>
Ten Persons on the Pavement on <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45024_geo514">Salt Petre Bank</rs>
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before<lb></lb>
whom was a<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Galton Pet Chull of Beer and some<lb></lb>
Beer in three Quarts PotsThat they asked Informant<lb></lb>
to drink with them which he<del>and</del>
Once when instantly<lb></lb>
the Light was Extinguished and he was Surrounded by<lb></lb>
the said Persons One of whom took from him his Stick<lb></lb>
and assaulted and beat him for some time <del>but</del>
fill making<lb></lb>
all the Resistance he could and endeavouring to get<lb></lb>
away he heard some call to the other and said dont<lb></lb>
beat him any more but draw Your knives and let his<lb></lb>
Puddings outSaith that they then Robbed him<lb></lb>
of One Stone Breast Buckle Set in Silver One<lb></lb>
Cotton Handkerchief and fourteen Shillings in<lb></lb>
Money and that he believes he should have been</p>
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