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<p n="177"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo114">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n177-1">John Dear</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo115">upper<lb></lb>
Clapton</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo116">parish of Hackney</rs>
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in the said<lb></lb>
County <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ54">Coachman</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n177-2">Benjamin Bedford</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
the same <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ55">Yeoman</rs>
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<p n="178">This Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n178-1">John Dear</rs>
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or his Oath saith that<lb></lb>
on Thursday the 3rd day of January instant abo<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
the Hour of eleven o'Clock in the forenoon there<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
feloniously stolen from offf some Pales before this<lb></lb>
Examinants Dwelling House at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo117">upper Clapton</rs>
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aforesaid<lb></lb>
a large brown Box Coats this Examinant Property, wh<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
had been placed there to be dried, by some Person or<lb></lb>
persons unknown to him.</p>
<p n="179">And this Examinant<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n179-1">Benjamin Bedford</rs>
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on<lb></lb>
his Oath saith that at the Request of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n179-2">John Dear</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ56">Wife</rs>
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he went soon after the Coat was Stolen in Search<lb></lb>
of the person on persons who had taken<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
it, towards<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo118">Stoke Newington</rs>
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, and there this Examinant over look and<lb></lb>
apprehended one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n179-3">John Ingram</rs>
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with the said Coat tied up<lb></lb>
in a blue Apron carrying it under his Arm. And this<lb></lb>
Examinant verily believes that the said, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n179-4">John Ingram</rs>
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<lb></lb>
stole the said Coat.</p>
<p n="180">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n180-1">John Dear</rs>
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</p>
<p n="181">The mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n181-1">Benjamin Bedford</rs>
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</p>
<p n="182">Taken and sworn the 5th. day of<lb></lb>
January 1782 before me}</p>
<p n="183"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n183-1">D Wilmot</rs>
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</p>
<p n="184">Witness<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n184-1">Cha: Lush</rs>
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