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<p n="1052">then went awaythat in a few Minutes after this Informant<lb></lb>
quitted said Room locked the Door and took the Key with him<lb></lb>
that he returned to said Room about 10 o Clock at which time<lb></lb>
he found that the Door had been broke openThe said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1052-1">John<lb></lb>
Atkins</rs>
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says that he found the Iron Instruments now produced<lb></lb>
in the Lodgings of said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1052-2">Samuel Clay</rs>
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who told this Informant<lb></lb>
that they were used by him in his Businessthat this Informant<lb></lb>
treed the said Instruments and on comparing them found them to fit that part of the Door so<lb></lb>
broke open and that some Wood or other Stuff then lay on the<lb></lb>
ends of said Instruments And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1052-3">Moses Murrant</rs>
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says that<lb></lb>
between the hours of twelve and one o Clock on Saturday Morning<lb></lb>
last he found the two Irons now produced under a Pair of Bellows<lb></lb>
in a Forge in said Samuel Clays Apartmentsthat said Clay<lb></lb>
delivered two other Irons to him to break open the Box that<lb></lb>
had been robbed when said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1052-4">Samuel Clay</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45031_n1052-4" type="given" value="Samuel"></interp>
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made use of the Words<lb></lb>
"I am down" meaning as this Informant then understood that<lb></lb>
he was aware that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he was suspected of being guilty of said<lb></lb>
Felony</p>
<p n="1053">Sworn this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45031_date174">20th. day of<lb></lb>
March 1786</rs>
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Before}</p>
<p n="1054">Addington</p>
<p n="1055"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1055-1">Jno: Matthews</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1055-2">Jas Dean</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1055-3">Jas Atkins</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1055-4">Moses Murrant</rs>
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