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The Information of
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John Cleverley
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taken before me this 22d..
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day of December 1783.
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Who being on Oath say and first the said
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says that as
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he was going up Constitution Hills in Saint James's Park last night
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at half past 6 o'Clock, a Person now present who calls himself
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William Bell
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(and another Man) met him both of whom took told
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of him and asked him "What he had get there" meaning the
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Bernetts now producedInformant answered them that He had
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nothing but the Bundle and what else he had they were
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Welcome to They asked him then whether he had any Money,
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Informant reptied No, and after Searching him, they gave him
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a Push and told him "to go about his Business or they would
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cut his Head off" That they Robbed this Informant of a Bundle
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now produced containing two Shirts, two pair of Stockings, two
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Stocks, two Handkerchiefs, one Pillow beer and a Waistcoat and
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further Says that the said Bell was instantly pursued and taken
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by the Queens palace, near which place this Informant found
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his Bundle. And the said
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says that upon
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hearing the Cry of Stop Thief in the Park at this time, he saw the
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running with a Bundle in his left hand, and
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which he knew away just before this Informant had secured
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him. And the said
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John Cleverley
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at this time and assisted him in Securing
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said Bell, and saw said Bell throw away the Bundle.
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Sworn before me this
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22nd. day of Decemr 1783}
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