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to Wit
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The Information of
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Samuel Butcher
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taken before me this 8th. day of July 1783
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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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says that in the afternoon of last Saturday was a Week as he was
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walking along
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, he perceived a person now present who calls
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John Castledine
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, walking on the opposite side of the way
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That he soon afterwards observed said
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John Castledine
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behind him,
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and a fellow striped Silk Purse lying on the GroundThat said
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picked up the Same, and put it into his Pocket
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saying, that he believed there was something in itThat said Castledine
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told this Informant, that as he saw it, he was entitled to half of
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it and asked him where he would go to divide itThat he went
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went with said Castledine to the house of the said
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the Chequers at
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where he and said Castledine were
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shewn into an Empty Room, soon after which another Person
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came in (whom this Informant doth not know) and Sat downThat
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said Castledine them opened said Purse, in which was, at one end,
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a Ring, and at the other the Bill and Receipt now produced
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That this Informant then asked him what they should do with
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it, to which he replied, that it was a thing of Value"That
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he had Fifty Pound to receive and that he would give this Informant
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his Share, as he meant to make a Present of it to a Gentleman
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who had been a Friend to him"That it was then agreed that a
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Boy who was with this Informant should have five Guineas
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from said Castledine, and the same sum from this Informant, for being
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present when Said Purse and Ring were found, and that he this
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Informant should have half the Value of said Ring namely, forty
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two Pounds fifteen shillings the said Bill and Receipt expressing that
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the sum of Eighty five Pounds ten shillings had been paid for said
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Ring - That said other Person who came into said Room then observed,
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that it was a Pity this Informant could not pay said Castledine his
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