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this 10th. day of July 1789
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Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said
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this Informant dined at a
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in the City at which time he is
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perfectly sure he had his watch in his pocket and about Two Guineas
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in Money and also his Handkerchief that after dinner
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he this Informant drank rather
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freely, but perfectly well recollects taking a Coach at or
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and was conveyed to his house at Fulham, that before he arrived home
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he missed his watch and money and also his Handkerchiefthat the
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watch and Handkerchief now produced by Informant
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are his propertyAnd the said
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says that between the hours of Nine and Ten of the Night of
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Wednesday last being near Scotland Yard he observed a person very
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much in Liquor and a Soldier was leading him, upon which Informant
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asked a man who was lighting the Lamp, and where Name he
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believes is Thomas Tarrett what was the matter who answered
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Informant that the Soldier who was then attending
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said
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person had robb'd him of his Watch, that Informant saw said
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Soldier lead said person to White Hall facing
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where said person sat down, and Informant saw said Soldier
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put his hand into said Gentleman pocket and took there from
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a Quantity of Money which he believes to
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he saw afterwards in said Soldiers Hand, that the
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next morning Informant Williams came to his masters shop at
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, and this Informant acquainted said Williams that
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the Soldier who was a
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had robb'd a Gentleman
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the Night before of his watch and Moneyand that the person now present who calls himself
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is the person who took the said money from persons Pocket And the said
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for himself says that the next morning he this
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Deponent charged a person now present who calls himself
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with having robb'd a person the Night
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before of his watch and money, which said Alsford denied, upon
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which he this Informant immediately search'd said Alsford, and upon
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him found the watch and Handkerchief now produced by
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