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to Wit</note>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-1">John Pearson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-2">George Allen</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-4">William Mumford</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-5">Robert Norcott</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-6">James Powel</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-7">Benjamin Little</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-8">James White</rs>
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<del>take</del>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1562-9">John Cotes</rs>
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taken before me this 7th. day of June 1758</p>
<p n="1563">Who on their Oaths say, and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-1">John Pearson</rs>
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says that he is <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ521">Gardener</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-2">Frances Cotton</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1330">Hammersmith</rs>
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that her<lb></lb>
House was Shut up and fastened on Friday Night last between 9<lb></lb>
& 10 o'ClockThat about ½ past 2 on Saturday Morning he was alarmed<lb></lb>
by a Dog in the house, he saw some Men going from the House to<lb></lb>
the River Side and got into a Boat and put off, at which time they<lb></lb>
were 5 in NumberThat he came down, found the House was<lb></lb>
robbedThat he alarmed the Maid, called Mumford a Waterman<lb></lb>
with whom he went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1331">Chelsea Bridge</rs>
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on Horseback, called up<lb></lb>
Graves and Shewed his<obscured></obscured>
Man<obscured></obscured>
the Boat who had robbed<lb></lb>
his Mistress House and then in Sight on the River And said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-3">George Allen</rs>
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says that he is her FootmanThat the House was<lb></lb>
robbed that Night of a spring Table Clock, a blue and gold Purse<lb></lb>
and a Reading Glass with divers other thingsAnd the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-4">Abraham<lb></lb>
Graves</rs>
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says that he was called up by said Pearson and saw the<lb></lb>
five Men in the Boat going down the RiverThat he got into a<lb></lb>
Boat with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-5">William Mumford</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-6">James Powel</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-7">John Coats</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and pursued them with a cry of Stop Thief and said five Men landed at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1332">Nine Elms</rs>
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where<lb></lb>
three of them were taken Viz. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-8">Thomas Groves</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-89">Benjamin in Moore</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-9">John Williams</rs>
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now presentThat Informant saw said Groves<lb></lb>
drop a Handkerchief in a Barge near where they landed and afterwards<lb></lb>
found two Pick lock keys in his PocketAnd said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1563-10">William Mumford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
says that he was with said Graves at this time and assisted in</p>
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