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The Information of
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taken before me this 29th.. day of Janry
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1784.
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Who being on Oath say and first the said
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Edward Lycett
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having missed a considerable Quantity of Silver in his Trade of late
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and suspecting that some of his
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had robbed him of the same
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it induced this Informant to get some Bridges of Silver (amounting
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to 21 in number) cast last Night in a particular manner. That
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before this Informant went to bed last night, he laid out the said
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21 Bridges of Silver in his Kitchen in order for the Workman
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to take when they came to Work this Morning. That a little before
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9 o'Clock this Morning, (having previously missed in the Shop some of
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the said Bridges of Silver) he determined to search every Journeyman
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as he came down, in order to go to his Breaxfast. That he
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searched one Bayley who first came down, upon whom nothing
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was found. That presently after
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now present came
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down, without being sent for and without finishing the Work
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which this Informant had given him to do. That upon this Informant
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telling him of his Intention to Search every Journeyman, the
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said Bayliss attempted to run upstairs, when Informant followed
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him, catched hold of his Coat, brought him down to the Parlour
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door, when, said Bayliss attempted to go towards the Street
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door. That Informant laid hold of him and brought him
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into the Parlour, where, this Informant delivered him to the
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to be searched-to whom in Informant's
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presence, the said Bayliss delivered to the said Robert Muleaster,
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the
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Bridges of Silver and Sixpieces of Bridges of
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Silver now produced. And the said
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Robert Mulcaster
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