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27 Ja 1727
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The Information of
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Mary Darlow
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Housekeeper
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Samuel Reeves
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in the Parish of
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Saint Dunstan Stepney
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in the said County
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Surveyor
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Samuel
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Taken this
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22d day of June 1787
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before us two of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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in and
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for the said County
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Mary Darlow
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on her Oath says on Wednesday night last as she was going
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about a Quarter of an hour after nine with
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Samuel Reeves
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from
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Cannon Street
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Turnpike Road
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near to
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late Mr. Hardy she was
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attached by the person present who says his Name is
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James Romaine
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and Two more men who
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demanded her mony she saying she had none They took a Black mode Cloak trimmed with Crape
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from off her Shoulders one of them having a Drawn Hanger in his hand took the Cloak from
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her Throwed it Down and the said
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James Romaine
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picked it up and went away with the same
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That she likewise saw the said
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James Romaine
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rob the said Mr. Reeves of his Shoe Buckles
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and one of them take some Mony from Mr. Reeves
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Mr. Darlow
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Samuel Reeves
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on his Oath says he was going home on Wednesday night last with
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Mary Darlow
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adjacent to
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between the hours of Nine and Ten They
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were attacked by Three men who demanded mony from Both says he was robbed of
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a half Crown piece and Two Shillings in Silver and some half pence and a
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pair of Silver Buckles taken out of his Shoes says that the person who took his Buckles
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was such a person as
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Saml: Reeves
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Taken and Sworn
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The 22nd of June 1787 Before us
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John Staples
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Peter Greene
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The said
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James Romaine
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says he knows he is Innocent and therefore
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cannot Say any thing to the above charge
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Refuses to sign
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his Declaration
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Taken
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The Day and Years abovementioned
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before us
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John Staples
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peter Greene
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