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The Information of
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John
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Baptiste
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Benedetto taken before me one
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of his Majestys
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Justices of the
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in and for the said County
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Who being upon Oath Saith that on
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Saturday night last the 9th. of August inst
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about Nine o Clock he was walking along
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last
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in the parish of
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Saint John
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in the sd County when a person now
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present who calls himself
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James Clarke
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violently
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pushed against him seized hold of his Cellar
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and threw him down and then feloniously
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took and Carried away One Silver Watch
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One Metal Chain and Seals the property
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of this Informt. and which he had then at the
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time of this Transaction in his Waistcoat
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Pocket And this Informt. further saith that
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there was Second Person with the sd. Clarke when
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he committed the aforesd. felony (who was a Tall
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Man) and whom this Informt. Suspects and
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verily believes to be the other person now
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Edward Coffee
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and he was also riding and abetting the sd.
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James
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Clarke
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in the Offence above
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lated but the
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John Baptiste
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further upon his Oath
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declares that altho he is not possitive to the
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Person of
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yet he is so with
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regard Jos
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James Clarke
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as he never let go
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of his Cellar untill he was secured by the
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Officer and further that the watch Chair
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and Seals now produced are this Informt
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property and were by force and violence
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feloniously taken and Carried away in the
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manner above related and this Informt. saw
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the sd.
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take the watch chain & Seals
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as aforesd. from his Breeches and there them away
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at the time he was secured
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Taken and Sworn before me the 11th of Augst. 1783
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his
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John Baptiste
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Benedetto
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Mark
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