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<p n="3855"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2598">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3855-1">Thomas Francis</rs>
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of Pancras<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2599">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ917">Silversmith</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3855-2">Ann<lb></lb>
Francis</rs>
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his Wife<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3855-3">Henry Croker</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3855-4">William<lb></lb>
Pittard</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3855-5">Thomas Atkinson</rs>
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taken before me<lb></lb>
this 17th. day of November 1784</p>
<p n="3856">Who being upon Oath Say, and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Francis</rs>
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says, that last Night about 10 o Clock he was stopped<lb></lb>
in Bagnigge Wash in the Parish of Saint Pancras by five<lb></lb>
Foot pads who robbed him of a Knife two Glass Drops, a Rule<lb></lb>
some tacks, and Half penny and a Memorandum Paper now<lb></lb>
produced, and some Money; And further says that he is very<lb></lb>
sure that five Persons now present who call themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-2">Thomas<lb></lb>
Tabbs</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-3">John Shaw</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-4">Thomas Buttledore</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-5">John Moody</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-6">George<lb></lb>
Harris</rs>
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are the said Five Foot pads that so robbed him as<lb></lb>
aforesaid, for that they were not<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
out of this Informants<lb></lb>
sight from the time of their robbing him until they were<lb></lb>
apprehendedThe said Francis says that she was with<lb></lb>
her said Husband when he was robbed as aforesaid and is<lb></lb>
very sure that the said five Persons now present are the<lb></lb>
Foot pads that robbed himAnd the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-7">Henry Croker</rs>
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says<lb></lb>
that he with said Pittard and Atkinson apprehended said<lb></lb>
Five Persons, about 10 o Clock last Night near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo2600">Battle Bridge</rs>
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-That<lb></lb>
he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
this Informant on seizing hold of said Buttledore saw him<lb></lb>
drop from him said KnifeThe said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3856-8">William Pittard</rs>
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says that<lb></lb>
he found on the Person of the said Tabbs the said two glass drops<lb></lb>
Rule and Jacks<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
now producedAnd<lb></lb>
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