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<p n="1303"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1269">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
The Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1303-1">Thomas Rose</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1270">the<lb></lb>
Strand</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ466">Linen Draper</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1303-2">John Strong<lb></lb>
Setward</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ467">Shopman</rs>
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to said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1303-3">Thomas Rose</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date213">19th. day of June 1787</rs>
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<p n="1304">Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1304-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Rose</rs>
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for himself says that the person now present who calls<lb></lb>
himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1304-2">George Wall</rs>
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came to the Shop of this Informant<lb></lb>
on Thursday the Seventh of June Instant and told him that he<lb></lb>
had an order from Doctor Winstanley for a piece of Irish Linen<lb></lb>
That two Shillings ad six pence or two Shillings and nine<lb></lb>
pence per Yard and another about three Shillings or three<lb></lb>
Shillings and three pence likewise some pocket Handkerchief<lb></lb>
and some Muslins That Doctor Winstanley had formerly<lb></lb>
death with Ashley and Osborn on <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1271">Holborn Bridge</rs>
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and had<lb></lb>
recommended him thither but knowing him he gave<lb></lb>
him the preference That he accordingly consented that<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1304-3">John Strong Selward</rs>
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and now present should take the said Goods<lb></lb>
and go with him for the purpose of Shewing them to<lb></lb>
Mrs. Winstanley and that the Agreement between him and<lb></lb>
the said Wall that they should be back in two hours time<lb></lb>
and further says that the said Wall declared to him that<lb></lb>
he believed he could sell one of the pieces to Mr. Brotherton<lb></lb>
with whom he was as intimate as if he was his brother<lb></lb>
And the said John Strong Selward for himself Says that<lb></lb>
by the direction of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1304-5">Thomas Rose</rs>
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he went with said<lb></lb>
Wall and assisted him in carrying Six pieces of Irish Linen<lb></lb>
several quantities of Muslin and pocket Handkerchiefs<lb></lb>
to Mr. Brotherton's at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1272">the black Horse</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1273">petty France</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1274">Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
That the said Wall left him said Selward in the House<lb></lb>
of said Mr. Brotherton and took with him four pieces of Irish<lb></lb>
Linen one piece of Muslin and one piece of Handkerchief<lb></lb>
and a Kinapper for the purpose of Shewing the same to Mrs.<lb></lb>
Brotherton and Mrs. Winstanley And this Informant<lb></lb>
further says that he waited a considerable time at the said<lb></lb>
House but the said Wall did not return nor did he see<lb></lb>
him after until he was apprehended on Monday last<lb></lb>
And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1304-6">Thomas Rose</rs>
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for himself further says<lb></lb>
that the three pieces of Irish Linen the piece of Muslin and the<lb></lb>
piece of Handkerchief now produced are his property and are the<lb></lb>
same Linen Muslins and Handkerchief which the said<lb></lb>
John</p>
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