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Middlese to wit
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The Information of
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Taken before me this 21st day of August 1784.
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Who being on Oath says that on Wednesday Night last the 18th instant
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about 11 o'Clock he met with a Person now present who calls herself
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. That he went with her to her Lodgings
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, where he went to Bed with said
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That they had not been in Bed More then fire Minutes
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before said fisher made an Excuse and got out of Bed and went out
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of the room; on her not returning this informant searched his Pockets
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and found that 4 Guineas & three half Crowns. had been taken out of
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his breeches pocket. and on Informant searching the Room, found that
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a Waistocat and a Handkerchief had also been taken. And this Informant
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further saith that he is certain that he had said Money in his Pocket
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at the time he went into said Room, and that no other person had been
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in, except the said
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Sworn before me this
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21st day of August 1784}
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