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<lb></lb>
The Complaint and Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1466-1">John<lb></lb>
Tapp</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1466-2">Simeon Stuart Russell</rs>
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Taken the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45030_date250">18th. day of September 1786</rs>
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Who upon their Oaths<lb></lb>
severally say and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1466-3">John Tapp</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
himself saith That about the hour of 9. oClock<lb></lb>
last Night as he was walking in the public Streets<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1540">Saint Giles's</rs>
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he was followed by a Woman<lb></lb>
(who says her Name is <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1466-87">Sarah Now</rs>
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) and who Struck<lb></lb>
him in the face and immediately Took from his<lb></lb>
Neck an India Silk Handkerchief and Ran away<lb></lb>
with the Same That she was immediately pursued<lb></lb>
and taken into Custody and this found the Handkerchief<lb></lb>
in her Bosom and that the Handkerchief now<lb></lb>
produced is his property the same that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
was<lb></lb>
Stolen as aforesaid and is of the Value of Five<lb></lb>
Shillings.</p>
<p n="1467">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1467-1">Simeon<lb></lb>
Stuart Russell</rs>
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for himself Saith That<lb></lb>
he was in Company with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1467-2">John Tapp</rs>
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