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<p n="1134"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo788">Middlesex</rs>
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The several Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1134-1">Ann Walker</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1134-2">George Meacham</rs>
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Taken the 30th: day of April<lb></lb>
1784 before us <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1134-3">David Walker</rs>
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and Husband Messiter<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ264">Esquires</rs>
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Two of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ265">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="1135">And first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1135-1">Ann Walker</rs>
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for herself Saith<lb></lb>
That She is a Housekeeper and lives in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo789">Southampton</rs>
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Street <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo790">Covent Garden</rs>
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That on Monday last her<lb></lb>
House was Entered and Robbed of the following Articles<lb></lb>
(Vizt.) "5 Linnen Shifts 2 Cotton Gowns 1 Linen Bed<lb></lb>
Gown 1 Cotton Shirt One Stuff Skirt One Counterpane<lb></lb>
One Bed Cover 2 Table Cloths One Napkin and a<lb></lb>
Knife a Mahogany Knife Case And several Knives<lb></lb>
and forks and a Silver Strainer" which are all her property<lb></lb>
That She does not know who were the person or Persons<lb></lb>
who Stole the same but that she went up Stairs about 3 o Clock<lb></lb>
in the afternoon and in the three pair of Stairs from Room<lb></lb>
she found a Draw in a Chest of Drawers broke open and<lb></lb>
some of the above mentioned things taken away That<lb></lb>
the Knife Case, Knives and forks, and Napkins now produced<lb></lb>
are her property</p>
<p n="1136">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1136-1">George Meacham</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
himself Saith That about the hour of 2 o Clock<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in<lb></lb>
the afternoon of Monday he Stop't one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1136-2">Robert Jones</rs>
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<lb></lb>
whom he knew to be a person of Suspicion Character<lb></lb>
and who had in his Possession the Makogany Knife Case<lb></lb>
and Kinves now produced and Suspecting the same to<lb></lb>
have been Stolen he took him into Custody</p>
<p n="1137">Taken and Sworn the day <lb></lb>
and Year aforesaid before Us}</p>
<p n="1138"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1138-1">D Walker</rs>
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H Messiter</p>
<p n="1139"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1139-1">Ann Waller</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1139-2">George Meacham</rs>
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