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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n742-1">Charles Smith</rs>
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of the Hamlet<lb></lb>
of Poplar and <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo564">Blackwall</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ173">Waterman</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n742-2">William Lee</rs>
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of the same Place <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ174">Ropemaker</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken<del>on</del>
before us two of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ175">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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acting in and for the said County<lb></lb>
this 15th day of March 1783</p>
<p n="743">Who being upon Oath say and First the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-1">Charles Smith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for himself Saith that in the Night of Monday the 10th<lb></lb>
day of March Instant between the Hours of twelve<lb></lb>
and one being going home to his House at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo565">Blackwall</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aforesaid in Company with John Nisan and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-2">William<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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they met with <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-3">Thomas Dickenson</rs>
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who Informed in<lb></lb>
this Informant and the others that he had seen<lb></lb>
on Man throw a Bundle from off his Back into the Fields adjoining<lb></lb>
that<del>and</del>
on his Examining it he had found it to be Yarn<lb></lb>
That soon after he this Informant saw a two Men<lb></lb>
with Bundles on their Backs go into the House of<lb></lb>
<del>the said</del>
Jane Warwicks hall at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo566">Blackwall</rs>
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afsd That he is Sure the last Man that went into sd House<lb></lb>
is the Person now present who calls himself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-4">Mark Boyle</rs>
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That he handled the said Bundle on his Back<lb></lb>
and found it was Yarn, saith that he Suspected that<lb></lb>
the said Yarn had been Stolen from the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo567">Rope Walk</rs>
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<lb></lb>
or Warehouses of Messrs. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-5">John Perry</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-6">Joseph<lb></lb>
Hankey</rs>
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Esqrs That he this Informant and the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-7">John Vivan</rs>
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and Wm. Smith went and called up Mr Loe <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ176">Ropemaker</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-8">John Perry</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-9">Joseph Hankey</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
Informed him what they had seen That <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-10">John Vivan</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and the said Mr. Loe went one Way and he this<lb></lb>
Informant and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n743-11">William Smith</rs>
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went<lb></lb>
another way in Order to Detect the Thieves, That<lb></lb>
he<del>this</del>
and the said Wm. Smith found two more</p>
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