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<p n="1432"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1372">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit}</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1432-1">George Nicol</rs>
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who on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
about twenty minutes after One oClock this Afternoon as<lb></lb>
this informant was walking up <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1373">Princes street</rs>
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in the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1374">St: James.</rs>
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in company with <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1432-2">Mary Boydell</rs>
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. he was greatly<lb></lb>
Alarmed by the report of a Pistol close to his Ear. that he<lb></lb>
immediatly turned round and saw the Person now present<lb></lb>
who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1432-3">John Elliott</rs>
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with a brace of Pistols (tied<lb></lb>
together with pack thread) in his Right hand and that he<lb></lb>
immediatly seized the said Elliott by the Cellar.</p>
<p n="1433"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1433-1">George Nicol</rs>
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<p n="1434">And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1434-1">Thomas Griffith</rs>
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on his Oath saith, that looking out of<lb></lb>
his Window in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1375">Princes street</rs>
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aforesaid he observed a Gentleman<lb></lb>
and a Lady passing by his house arm in arm, and he perfectly saw<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1434-2">John Elloitt</rs>
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the Prisioner point his hand toward the said Gentleman<lb></lb>
and Lady being close to them. and he saw the flash. and heard a<lb></lb>
Violent Report by the discharge of a Pistol and on Searching the<lb></lb>
Prisoner. an other Pair of loaded Pistols (tied together with twine)<lb></lb>
was found in his pocket.</p>
<p n="1435"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1435-1">Thos. Griffiths</rs>
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<p n="1436">And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1436-1">James Butler</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ496">Servant</rs>
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to Mr. Brand Surgeon. also on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith that as he was walking down <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1376">Princes Street</rs>
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a little<lb></lb>
after One o'Clock this Afternoon. he observed a Lady and Gentn.<lb></lb>
walking up the street, and the Prisoner running after them<lb></lb>
and Just as he overtook them he saw the Prisoner point something<lb></lb>
towards the Lady. and he immediately saw the flash and heard<lb></lb>
the Report of Pistol and this Informant also saw the aforesaid<lb></lb>
Gentleman (in Company with the Lady) seize the Prisoner by the<lb></lb>
Cellar and several other people came to his assistance-and<lb></lb>
the Prisioner let the Pair of Pistols (tied togather with pack thread)<lb></lb>
fall out of his hands, and this Informants took them up. and<lb></lb>
are the same now produced.</p>
<p n="1437">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1437-1">James<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Butler</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1438">Sworn before us two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ497">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1377">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date233">ninth Day of July 1787</rs>
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<p n="1439"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1439-1">Edw. Read</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1439-2">Wm Hyde</rs>
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