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<p n="200"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo224">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n200-1">William<lb></lb>
Thornton</rs>
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taken before me one of<lb></lb>
his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ85">Justices of the peace</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in and for the said County</p>
<p n="201">Who being upon Oath saith that, on<lb></lb>
Tuesday night<del>last</del>
the 27th. of February<lb></lb>
last between Ten and Eleven oClock as<lb></lb>
he was going along <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo225">East Smithfield</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo226">Saint John Wapping</rs>
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when a<lb></lb>
person now present who calls herself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n201-1">Elizabeth Keys</rs>
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asked him to go home with<lb></lb>
her to her Lodgings which he accordingly<lb></lb>
did and there gave her two Shillings to fetch<lb></lb>
some Gin that whilst she was gone for<lb></lb>
it he took Two half Guineas in Gold out<lb></lb>
of his pocket and tied them up in the corner<lb></lb>
of his Handkerchief which he had on round<lb></lb>
his Neck and he also<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
had Seven Shillings<lb></lb>
in Silver in his Breeches pocket and then<lb></lb>
he and the Girl went to Bed and about<lb></lb>
one oClock in the morning he awoke and<lb></lb>
found that<del>that</del>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n201-2">Elizabeth Keys</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was gone and had feloniously taken and<lb></lb>
Carried away from his person the said<lb></lb>
Handkerchief Two half Guineas in Gold<lb></lb>
Seven Shillings on Silver one Val Six pence<lb></lb>
and One Comb his property And further<lb></lb>
this Informant saith that he is positive<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n201-3">Elizabeth Keys</rs>
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is the person<lb></lb>
who committed the said Felony</p>
<p n="202">Taken and Sworn before me<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date42">third of March 1787</rs>
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R Smith}</p>
<p n="203">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n203-1">Wm<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Thornton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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