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<p n="1943"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1882">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1943-1">John Peters</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1883">the black Dog</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1884">Bishops gate Street</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ647">Labourer</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1943-2">Philip Ripkey</rs>
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due of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ648">Watchmen</rs>
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of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1885">Saint<lb></lb>
Paul Covent Garden</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date314">21th. day of July 1787</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1944">Who being upon Oath Severally Say and frist the<lb></lb>
Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1944-1">John Peters</rs>
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for himself Says That as he was<lb></lb>
Setting and one of the Stands in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1886">Covent Garden<lb></lb>
Market</rs>
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this Morning about two o'Clock at Which<lb></lb>
time the Person now present who calls himself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1944-2">Nicholas Fuge</rs>
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was sitting by him That he felt the<lb></lb>
Hand of said Fuge in his Breeches Pocket Soon after which<lb></lb>
the said Fuge ran away That upon his feeling in his<lb></lb>
said pocket he found one Shilling one six pence a quantity<lb></lb>
of half pence a Knife and a piece of Sealing Wax taken<lb></lb>
away That he Pursued him immediately and cry'd<lb></lb>
''Stop Thief when the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1944-3">Philip Ripkey</rs>
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Secured him<lb></lb>
And this Informant further Says that the Knife now<lb></lb>
produced by said Ripkey in his property and was stolen<lb></lb>
from him by the said Fuge And that he verily believes<lb></lb>
the money also now produced is the Same Money that<lb></lb>
was taken from him as aforesaid And the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1944-4">Philip<lb></lb>
Ripkey</rs>
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for himself says That at this time he was on<lb></lb>
duty in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1887">Russell Street</rs>
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That on hearing the cry of ''Stop<lb></lb>
''Thief'' he pursued the said Fuge and Secured him That<lb></lb>
when he came up to him he collar'd him at which time<lb></lb>
he threw away the Knife and Money now produced.</p>
<p n="1945">Sworn before me the<lb></lb>
day and Year aforesaid}</p>
<p n="1946"> <obscured></obscured>
Addington</p>
<p n="1947"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1947-1">John Peters</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1948">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1948-1">Philip<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Ripkey</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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