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<p n="3008"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2268">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3008-1">Robert Eggleston</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3008-2">Samuel Yardley</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken on Oath before me one of his<lb></lb>
Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ865">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2269">County of Middlesex</rs>
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the 7th day of November<lb></lb>
1783.</p>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3009-1">Robert Eggleston</rs>
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on his Oath Saith That he hath an Appartment as a Lodger<lb></lb>
in Thrale Street in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2270">Parish of Christ Church</rs>
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in the said County,<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2271">Middlesex</rs>
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the said House belonging to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3009-2">Leah Freeman</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ866">Widow</rs>
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and that only himself and his wife resides therein<lb></lb>
and that he and his wife both work for Mr. Merzo a Master.<lb></lb>
Silk throwster in Mason Court <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2272">Brick lane</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2273">White<lb></lb>
Chapel</rs>
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And further Saith<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
that this Morning about<lb></lb>
Nine o Clock he went from list Lodging to his work and his wife then being<lb></lb>
at her Business he locked the Door as he usually had done<lb></lb>
and left every thing safe in his Room, That about half an<lb></lb>
hour past Twelve O'Clock that when his wife and himself<lb></lb>
came home to dinner they found the door on the Latch but<lb></lb>
unlocked, the drawers in the room open and the following<lb></lb>
thing stolen thereout (vizt.) One Silk stuff Gound, One flowered<lb></lb>
Cotton Gound, One flowered Linnen Gown, One pair of Stays, One<lb></lb>
Scarlet Cloke, Two White Aprons,<del>three</del>
two Black Silk Handkerchiefs<lb></lb>
one other Silk Handkerchief, three pair of Sleeves, five White Handkerchief.<lb></lb>
and sundry other things the property of the aid <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3009-4">Robert Eggleston</rs>
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<lb></lb>
And further Saith, That one Scarlet Cloak, One Flowered Cotton<lb></lb>
Gown, One Silk and Stuff Gown and one sheet now produced<lb></lb>
is part of the property as above mentioned to have been stolen<lb></lb>
and is the property of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3009-5">Robert Eggleston</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="3010">This Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-1">Samuel Yardley</rs>
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Saith That this day about noon<lb></lb>
as he was going up Kings land read in the Parish of<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
Saint Leonard <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2274">Shoreditch</rs>
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he saw <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-2">Sarah Slade</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-3">Mary Wood</rs>
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the prisoners now under Examination<lb></lb>
Walking along together the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-4">Sarah Slade</rs>
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then having a<lb></lb>
Bundle in her Apron And that he knowing them to be suspicions<lb></lb>
people asked the said Sarah what She had in her lap she told this<lb></lb>
Examinant it was her own property, he them asked <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-5">Mary Wood</rs>
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if<lb></lb>
she Knew it to be her daughters property she said that it was and<lb></lb>
that they was removing from the other End of the Town to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2275">Kingsland<lb></lb>
road</rs>
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to live, This Informant stile being doubtfull that they did not<lb></lb>
come honestly by it brought them to the Public Office in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2276">Worship<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2277">Shoreditch</rs>
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and upon inquiry found that the said Bundle<lb></lb>
Containing the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-6">Scarlet Cloak</rs>
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, One Flowered Cotton Gown, One<lb></lb>
Silk and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Stuff Gown and one sheet do belong to the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3010-7">Robert Eggleston</rs>
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as by his Information sets fully.</p>
<p n="3011">Sworn the 7th. day of<lb></lb>
November 1783 before.}</p>
<p n="3012"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3012-1">D Wilmot</rs>
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<p n="3013">The mark of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3013-1">Robert<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Eggleston</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3013-2">Saint Yardley</rs>
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