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<p n="2291"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo1742">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2291-1">John Bennet</rs>
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Laws and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2291-2">John Simpson</rs>
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taken before me this 5th. day<lb></lb>
of August 1783</p>
<p n="2292">Who being upon Oath say, and first said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-1">John<lb></lb>
Bennet</rs>
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Laws says that about 11 o Clock in the morning of<lb></lb>
Tuesday the 29th. of July last he undressed himself at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo1743">Milbank Westminster</rs>
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to bathe in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo1744">River Thames</rs>
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<lb></lb>
That before he went into the Water he left a Pair of Fustian<lb></lb>
Breeches, a Metal Watch, a gold Seal, a pair of gold<lb></lb>
studds, a gold Breast Buckle, a pair of Silver Knee Buckles<lb></lb>
and a Neckcloth<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
lying upon some Loggs<lb></lb>
of Wood by the side of the Water. That after he had been<lb></lb>
a little while in the Water he heard the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-2">John Simpson</rs>
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<lb></lb>
call out that his Cloaths were stolen away on which<lb></lb>
he came out and found that all aforesaid Articles<lb></lb>
were taken awayAnd the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-3">John Simpson</rs>
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says<lb></lb>
that he was present when all said Articles were stolen<lb></lb>
and saw two person now present who call themselves<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-4">Joseph Ball</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-5">Thomas West</rs>
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ran away with the<lb></lb>
Same on which he called out to said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2292-6">John Bennet</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Laws who was then in the Water</p>
<p n="2293">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
5th. day of August 1783}</p>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo1745">Addington</rs>
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</p>
<p n="2295"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n2295-1">John Bennet</rs>
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Lawes<lb></lb>
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.</p>
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