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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1572-1">William<lb></lb>
Elliot</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1572-2">Samuel King</rs>
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taken<lb></lb>
on Oath the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45029_date298">27th. day of June 1785</rs>
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before<lb></lb>
me one of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ522">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1337">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="1573">This Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1573-1">William Elliot</rs>
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on his Oath Saith<lb></lb>
That he lives in an Appartment in the House of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1573-2">William Burchell</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1338">Saint Matthew<obscured></obscured>
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Bethnal Green</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo1339">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on<lb></lb>
that some time last night before Te<obscured></obscured>
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Box in his Appartments was feloniously broke open<lb></lb>
and stolen and carried away there from Seven<lb></lb>
Guineas and half in Gold the property of this<lb></lb>
Informant.</p>
<p n="1574">This Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-1">Samuel King</rs>
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on his Oath<lb></lb>
Saith That last Night between Ten and Eleven<lb></lb>
o'Clock<del>last night</del>
he was Informed by the<lb></lb>
Father of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-2">William Elliot</rs>
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that he had been<lb></lb>
Robbed and he was hanging, and immediately<lb></lb>
this Informant with the Assistance of one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-3">Francis Gobart</rs>
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<lb></lb>
ran up into his Room and Cut him down and<lb></lb>
on examining the Box found the same to have<lb></lb>
been broke open and the Father told them<lb></lb>
that his son had informed him before he hanged<lb></lb>
himself that there was Seventeen Guineas and<lb></lb>
half in the said Box and suspicion arising that<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-23">James Cuttx</rs>
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was the person who had Robbed<lb></lb>
him<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Saith that this Morning<del>Joh</del>
James Co<obscured></obscured>
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the Prisoner now under Examination was appre<obscured></obscured>
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by <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-4">John Elliot</rs>
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and brought the said James Cut<obscured></obscured>
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into the same room where the Box was brought<lb></lb>
open,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and the Prisoner thereof<lb></lb>
acknowledged<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-5">John Craighton</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-6">Samuel King</rs>
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and others that he was the<lb></lb>
person who Committed the Robbery, and<lb></lb>
immediately delivered to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n1574-7">Samuel King</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Five Guineas in Gold Twenty four Shillings in<lb></lb>
Silver and some Copper.</p>
<p n="1575">Taken and Sworn the<lb></lb>
27th. day of June 1758}</p>
<p n="1576">D Wilmot</p>
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Elliot</rs>
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