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to Wit
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The Information of
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May Cook
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a Lodger at Mr. Westons
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at
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the Thirteen Cantoons
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in the
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Precinct
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of Saint Catherines
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in the County aforesaid taken
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before me this
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18th.. day of February 1785
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Who being upon Oath says, that about eight oClock
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in the Evening of Wednesday
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the sixth of October last
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Joseph
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Hitchcock
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alias
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Church
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,
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John Miles
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, and
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James Gray
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now in
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Newgate
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,
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Edward Payne
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since Convicted,
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John Dolphin
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now
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in
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Clerkenwell Bridewell
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and
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Thomas Brown
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and
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Arthur James
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on now at large
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met by Agreement at the Ship in
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Denmark Street
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Ratcliffe
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Highway
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That this Informant brought with him a Boat
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which he put at
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King Edward's Stairs
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near
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Denmark Street
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<
lb
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</
lb
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That between ten and eleven oClock the same Night the said
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lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
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Joseph Hitchcock
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>
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>
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,
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John Miles
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,
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James Gray
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<
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,
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Edward Payne
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=
"Payne"
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=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
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,
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id
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>
John
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Dolphin
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</
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,
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Thomas Brown
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<
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"Brown"
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<
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value
=
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>
</
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>
, and this Informant sat off in said
<
lb
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lb
>
Boat with intent to rob the Ship Elbe, then lying off
<
rs
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=
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King
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lb
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Edwards Stairs
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<
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=
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</
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) the said
<
rs
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id
=
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>
Arthur James
</
rs
>
<
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inst
=
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=
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=
"Arthur"
>
</
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>
<
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=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-14"
type
=
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=
"James"
>
</
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>
<
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-14"
type
=
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=
"male"
>
</
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>
on having told them to
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
go into the Captain's State Room, lift up the Captains Chest and they
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
would find in a Scuttoe or Hole a vast Quantity of Dollars
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and desired said
<
rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Joseph
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=
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>
</
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Hitchcock
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-15"
type
=
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=
"Joseph"
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</
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>
<
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=
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=
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=
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>
</
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>
<
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inst
=
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=
"gender"
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=
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</
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>
alias Church to take
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
care of his Share of them) The they boarded the said Ship
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
about twelve oClock at Night and robbed the same of an
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
immense Quantity of Dollars and several WatchesThat
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
they took said Dollars and Watches to the House of one
<
rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Robert
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lb
>
</
lb
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Brown
</
rs
>
<
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type
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<
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(since dead) at
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rs
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Limehouse
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<
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"LMOBPS45029_geo409"
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"placeName"
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=
"Limehouse"
>
</
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>
<
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=
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, where they shared said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Dollars and WatchesThat the said
<
rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Arthur Jameson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-17"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Arthur"
>
</
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>
<
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=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-17"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Jameson"
>
</
interp
>
<
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-17"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
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=
"persName"
id
=
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>
Joseph
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Hitchcock
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-18"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Joseph"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-18"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hitchcock"
>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45029_n472-18"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
, and this informants Share's amounted to upwards
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p
>
</
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