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<p n="211"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo161">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n211-1">Solomon Ashworth</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo162">Wapping<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo163">parish of St. John Wapping</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45037_occ65">Hatter</rs>
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taken this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45037_date41">third<lb></lb>
day of January 1789 </rs>
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Who being on Oath saith on Wednesday</p>
<p n="212">The 31st day of Decr 1788 near the hour of Six in the Evening he saw the<lb></lb>
person present who says his Name is <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n212-1">John Mc Carthy</rs>
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came into his Shop<lb></lb>
and took the hat produced out of his Window Value Eighteen Shillings,<lb></lb>
without saying a Wordthat that said John could not see him That as<lb></lb>
he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
was giving away he seized him by the leg before he get out of the house<lb></lb>
when said John Dropt said hat<obscured></obscured>
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<p n="213">Taken and Sworn<lb></lb>
The day and Year abovementioned<lb></lb>
Before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n213-1">John Staples</rs>
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<p n="214"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n214-1">Solomon Ashworth</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n215-1">John Mc Carthy</rs>
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says he did not go into Ashworth<lb></lb>
house to steal the hat, that he went into his house to buy a Buckle<lb></lb>
for his hat. That he was going in when Ashworth laid hold of him<lb></lb>
by his Leg that he did not take said hat nor<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
had it in his<lb></lb>
possessions</p>
<p n="216">Taken and signed<lb></lb>
The <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45037_date42">3rd of January 1789</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n216-1">John Staples</rs>
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<p n="217">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n217-1">John<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Mc Carthy</rs>
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Mark</p>
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