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5th. day of
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November 1786
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Who being upon oath saith that last Night about 12 o'Clock
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his Pocket was picked of his Handkerchief - That between
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the hours of eleven and twelve oClock he mentioned to
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pocket picked of his Handkerchief and was happy to find that
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he had lost no more, as he had upwards of one Hundred pounds
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about himThat at this time a person now present who calls
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That in about half an hour afterwards, this Informant went to bed
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passing thro' the Bedroom of the said GewaltThat Informant
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put his Breeches under the Bolster of the Bed in order to secure
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them at which time they contained the five ten pound Bank Notes
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two twenty pound Bank Notes and seventeen pounds four shillings
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and upwards in MoneyThat about three oClock he
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awoke hearing a MoiseThat he searched for his Breeches and
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found them in the place where he had put themThat about
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four o'Clock he again took his Breeches and on searching them
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missed his said Notes and MoneyThat he then alarmed the
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House and said that he had been robbed and that he suspected
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said Gasault
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Sworn before me this
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5th. day of Novemr: 1786}
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