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The Information of Sarah the Wife of
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eye taken before me this
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14th. day of June 1784
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Who being upon Oath say and frist the said
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Morning her said Husband's House was broke open and robbed of
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property of her said Husband and also a Leg of Mutton And the said
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himself says that he is one of the Watchmen of the
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that a Thursday Morning last about 25 Minutes
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past 2 o'Clock
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now present and two young Men passed
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by this Informants Watch Box near the Corner of Flask Lane and
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spoke to this Informant, that about 3 o'Clock the same three Persons
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the above mentioned Table Cloths Towels Shirts and other things which
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two Persons made their Escape and that the said
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present was in Company with them but this Informant did not
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see him carrying any thing, And these Informants further say
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now present
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and the other two persons who escaped are the Persons who
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broke open the said House and stole the said Goods
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Sworn before me
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June 14. 1784}
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his
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John
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Birdseye
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