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THE Information of
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Mary Lee
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Edward Tranter
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and Sarah his
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Taken this 6th. Day of February 1783 before us
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Peter Greene
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Robert Smith
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Esquires
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two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County
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Who being upon
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their Oaths severally and respectively say and first the said
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Mary Lee
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for herself Saith that she is servant to Mr.
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John Jones
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at the Rox Bark in the New
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Road Saint George
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Middlesex
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Victualler
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. That there was
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stolen from out of a Box in her
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Room some time last Week One Shift and that since sunday night last the following
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things were feloniously taken and Carried away from out of her said Box Viz. One
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Other Shift, One Coloured Apron One New Silk Handkerchief. One Silk and Cotton ditto
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One Pocket Handkerchief Dotted. One Yard of Flowered Cotton. and One Green Silk
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Gown her property. That the Green Silk Gown. Coloured Apron. the Dotted Pocket
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Handkerchief and the Yard of
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Flower Cotton
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now here be with produced is part of
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her property which was so stolen as aforesaid and that the above recited Articles
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were as she verily believes from the Information she has received feloniously
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taken and Carried away by
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Daniel Bailey
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(now present) a Soldier Quartered in
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the house of the said
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her Master and further Saith not.
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And the said
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Edward Tranter
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for himself Saith that he lives at No. 4
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Water Cock
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Alley
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East Smithfield
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That on Tuesday last he was at the Black Horse in
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East
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aforesaid drinking a Pint of Beer with the Prisoner
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Daniel Barley
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who desired this Informant to pledge the Green Silk Gown (now here produced
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and which was tied up in the Handkerchief also now produced) for him East which
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Informant refused. Informant Asked him (Prisoner) how he came by the Gown
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who told him he had lived with a Girl that had taken his whole Kit of
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Cloaths away but that she had left the Silk Gown, which he wished to have
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Pawned to get some drink, Informant then told him he would not Pawn
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it himself but would go with him to his Wife who would Pledge the same
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for him. That they accordingly went
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to his wife who pledged
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the same and Brought Bailey the Money who then told Informant he was
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Quartered at Jones's and was going to him to sell his Quarters out, and if he
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would go he with him there he would give him a Treat. Informant then went
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with him and when they had got with in about thirty or Forty Yards of Jones
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Bailey desired him not to take any notice to Mr Jones about the Gown he had desired
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him to Pawn Put his hand in his Porket, gave him Six pence and desired
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him to go to Jones's call for a pot of Beer and pay for it. That he accordingly
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went to Mr. Jones's called for a Pint of Beer drank twice paid for it and
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returned to Mr. Youngs to acquaint him of his Suspicions (from the
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Caution Bailey had given him about not saying any thing to Jones)
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that the Gown was Stolen who requested Informant would return to
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Mr Jones's and acquaint him of his (this Informants) Suspicion
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Informant then returned to Mr. Jones's and upon Enquiry found that
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the said Gown Handkerchief and Sundry other things had been
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Stolen from the above named Informant
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Mary Lee
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whereupon
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