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<p n="3074"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2113">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit}</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3074-1">Henry Clear</rs>
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of the<del>M</del>
Hamlet<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2114">Mile End new Town</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ743">Yeoman</rs>
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<del> <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ744">Weaver</rs>
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taken this<lb></lb>
13th day of August 1784</p>
<p n="3075">Who being on his Oath saith That about four o'Clock this<lb></lb>
Morning he heard the Gates of his Yard Rattle and<lb></lb>
presently after heard one of his Geese cry out upon<lb></lb>
which he got up and went out and saw two persons<lb></lb>
in his Yard and one at the out side whose face he<lb></lb>
did not see That<del>end of</del>
the Two persons now present<lb></lb>
who call themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3075-1">William Morgan</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3075-2">Peter Bond</rs>
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<lb></lb>
are the two persons he so saw in his Yard That<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3075-3">William Morgan</rs>
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had<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
several Worsted<lb></lb>
Stockings in his hand which he threw down and Ran<lb></lb>
Away That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3075-4">Peter Bond</rs>
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had a Copper<lb></lb>
pot in his hand which he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
dropped and then<del>also</del>
<lb></lb>
Ran away That the said Stockings and pot<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
now produced<del>and</del>
are the property of this<lb></lb>
Informant and were left in his said Yard over<lb></lb>
Night. That he pursued the said two last<lb></lb>
mentioned persons and with the Assistance<lb></lb>
of two Watchmen apprehended them near<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2115">Mile End new Town</rs>
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Watchhouse and there had<lb></lb>
them secured That the three dead Geese now<lb></lb>
also produced are likewise his property<lb></lb>
which he found killed in his said Yard. That<lb></lb>
the two pewter Dishes and one Plate<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
now<lb></lb>
also produced are his property<lb></lb>
and had been removed from the<lb></lb>
place where they<del>were</del>
had been put on<lb></lb>
the night before and were found<lb></lb>
near the place where the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3075-5">Peter Bond</rs>
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Dropped the said<lb></lb>
Copper Pot</p>
<p n="3076"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3076-1">Henry Clear</rs>
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<p n="3077">Sworn before me the<lb></lb>
day and Year first<lb></lb>
above written}</p>
<p n="3078"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3078-1">John Staples</rs>
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