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Oath the
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23d. day of May 1786
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before me one of
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his Majestys
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Samuel Davis
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on his Oath Smith That he
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rents Part of a shop and Premisses of
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Joseph Walker
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of
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on the night of Nineteenth day of May Instant or early
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the next Morning his Appartments was Broke open and
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Stolen and carried away there from a quantity of Shoes and
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Cather, his working Tools and sundry other things his
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Property and that several Pair of Shoes some Cather
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and some working Tools now produced by
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a Race officer are his property and the same
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that was told out of his Appartments aforesaid
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on her Oath Saith That her Husband rents a house in
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three Cap Alley in the Parish of
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Susannah Hamphrys
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the
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Prisoner now under Examination came to this Informant
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and told her she had heard that this Informant had got
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a roon to lett and asked Informant if she would let it
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to her, And accordingly Informant let the room to her
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at One Shilling per Week and the said
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took Possession of it the same Evening and
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James Gunch
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now under Examination lived there
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Constantly with her
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Margaret Jones
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on her Oath Saith that on Saturday
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Morning the Twentyeth day of May Instant a Woman
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in the Parish of
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Saint Matthew Bothnal Green
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and offered
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to sell her some old leather
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Shoes but the same not
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suiting her purpose she refused to buy them and
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further Saith that she believes that
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Susannah
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the Prisoner now under Examination
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is the Person who brought the Shoes to sell to
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