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The Voluntary Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n520-1">William Bedwell</rs>
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taken the Eighteenth day of February 1788 before<lb></lb>
me one of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45035_occ143">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo368">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="521">Who on his Oath Saith That on Friday the Eighth day of<lb></lb>
February Instant he this Examinant, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n521-1">John Myer</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n521-2">William Lewis</rs>
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(who is the son of a Newsman and Weaver in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo369">Bricklane</rs>
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in the Parish of Saint Matthew <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo370">Bethnal Green</rs>
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) met<lb></lb>
together at the Apartments of this Examinant in Cable sheet in<lb></lb>
the Parish of Saint <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n521-3">Mary White</rs>
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Chapel, Lewis then told this<lb></lb>
Examinant and Myer, that he knew of an empty house in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo371">Princes street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo372">Spitalfields</rs>
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and that they could get into the same<lb></lb>
and go up stairs and get out of the Garret Window and open the<lb></lb>
next house Garret Window which be longed to a Master Weaver<lb></lb>
And that they should got some silk out of the house, And<lb></lb>
Saith that Myer, Lewis and himself stayed in this Examinants<lb></lb>
house until it was dark then they altogether took with them<lb></lb>
an Iron Crow, a dark Lanthorn, Matches and Tinder Box<lb></lb>
and went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo373">Princes street</rs>
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to the house before mentioned which was<lb></lb>
then Seven O'Clock, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n521-4">John Myer</rs>
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having the Iron Crow he broke open<lb></lb>
the door of the Empty house and Examinant and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n521-5">William Lewis</rs>
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went into the said house and struck a light and Lewis and Examinant<lb></lb>
then went up stairs into the Garrett And there both Lewis and this Examinant<lb></lb>
got out at the Window and they took out a Pane of Glass with a<lb></lb>
Knife from the Window of the Weavers house next Adjoyning and<lb></lb>
opened the Window and both got in at the same, In the house they<lb></lb>
took out of some drawers a number of Bobbins of Silk, and out of some<lb></lb>
other drawers a Gown<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Handkerchiefs and other things then they<lb></lb>
returned back the way they went in to the said house and when<lb></lb>
they came to the door of the Empty house Myer, was there waiting<lb></lb>
for them at the door where they had before left him, Lewis then</p>
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