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William Peckham
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Grays Inn
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Cabinet Maker Richard Blacham of
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the
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Stationer
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James Woodhouse
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John Lane
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Thomas Hilary Servant to Mr.
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Thomas Nash
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Aaron Morritt
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of Rose Sheet
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near Long Aere Pawnbroker and
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John
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Fleet Market
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Pawnbroker taken
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before me this
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29th day of Janry 1787
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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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saith that three Wooden Ink stands commonly called Ebony
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with glasser and plated Furnituretwo plated flat Candlesticks
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and a plated stand for a Wax Light were feloniously stolen
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in the Office of Lord Hawkesbury situate at
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Whitehall
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aforesaidThat he missed the said plated stand for the Wax Light
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about ten days agoThat he missed one of the Ink stands
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on Tuesday the 23rd. of Janry instant, another the next day
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(Wednesday) and the other
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together with one of
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said of
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said plated
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flat Candlesticks on Thursday the 25th. day of Janry instant but
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that he cannot as certain on what day the other plated
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Candlestick was takenAnd further saith that he doth verily
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believe that the three
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Ink Standsthe plated flat Candlestick
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and the plated stand for the Wax Light now produced an the same
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that were stolen as aforesaidThe said
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John Sowerby
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for himself saith that either at the latter end of the Week before
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last, or the beginning of last Week, he saw a person now present
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