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taken this
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26th. day of May 1786
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Who being on Oath says This Morning between the Hours of Two and Three as
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run away with it That this Informant called out Watch but no
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returned and
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No. 2
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John William
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calling out Stop him That
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John Orange
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came to their Assistance and by
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the Direction of the said
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they went to the said house and demanded
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entrance which was refused but The said
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the Door it was Opened That they went into the Back Yard of said house and found
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that the said
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had got over the pails of the said Yard into another Yard
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Bedining where they found him in the Necessary
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between the Hours of Two and Three he
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heard the alarm of Watch and Stop thief that he got up and when he got into the
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Lane he saw
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John William Jones
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, William Dennit and Two other Watchmen
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at the Door of the said
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Mary Mathews
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That said Jones told him he had been
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robbed and that the man had men into that house The Watchman telling him
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they refused to open the Door he called to them when they opened it Says he
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went into the Yard and Observing the Door of the Necessary in the next Yard to move
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he and the said Jones got Over and there found
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Thomas Stone
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interp
inst
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value
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interp
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who the said
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John William Jones
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>
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inst
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value
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"John William"
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inst
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"LMOBPS45031_n1549-17"
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>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1549-17"
type
=
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
charged
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
with robbing him of his hat
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1550"
>
Sworn
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
The 26th day of May 1786
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Before me
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lb
>
</
lb
>
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rs
type
=
"persName"
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>
John Staples
</
rs
>
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1550-1"
type
=
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value
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"John"
>
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1550-1"
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value
=
"Staples"
>
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>
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"LMOBPS45031_n1550-1"
type
=
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>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1551"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
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>
John Wm Lanes
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rs
>
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type
=
"given"
value
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"John Wm"
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</
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-1"
type
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value
=
"Lanes"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-42"
>
William
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
Dennit
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-42"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-42"
type
=
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value
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"Dennit"
>
</
interp
>
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-42"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mark
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-2"
>
John
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
Orange
</
rs
>
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-2"
type
=
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=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-2"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Orange"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45031_n1551-2"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mark
</
p
>
</
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>
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