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<p n="289"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo233">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Serval Information of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n289-1">John Newman</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n289-2">James.<lb></lb>
Willes</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo234">Lambeth MarshSurry</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45037_occ95">Brewer</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n289-3">Ann Lee</rs>
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to the<lb></lb>
said Mr Willes and of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n289-4">James<lb></lb>
Willes</rs>
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taken upon Oath before me<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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one of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
Justice the peace in, and for the<lb></lb>
said County this 31st. Day of<lb></lb>
December 1788</p>
<p n="290">And First this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-1">John Newman</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
Saith that the Person now Present calling himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-7">Thos.<lb></lb>
Giles</rs>
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(who is the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45037_occ97">Penny Post man</rs>
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that delivers Letters<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo235">Lambeth Marsh</rs>
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aforesaid) came to the House inhabited by<obscured></obscured>
the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-2">John Newman</rs>
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about five o'Clock on Thursday<lb></lb>
Evening the 18th Instant and delivered a Post Letter<lb></lb>
directed to Mr. Willies And Saith that in about ten<lb></lb>
Minutes afterwards the said Giles came again with<lb></lb>
another Letter and said that he had over looked it and<lb></lb>
had not discovered it until he got to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45037_geo236">No: 15 on Lambeth<lb></lb>
Marsh</rs>
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, that Giles demanded 5d. for this Letter which<lb></lb>
was paid him. That very soon after Giles went away<lb></lb>
the Informants Wife observed to him that this Letter<lb></lb>
appeared to have been Opened and that the Wafer was<lb></lb>
wet And this Informant further saith that he very<lb></lb>
soon Afterwards the same Evening carried both Letters<lb></lb>
to the said Mr. Willes's House and gave the same to the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-4">Ann Lee</rs>
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safe and as he received them And the<lb></lb>
Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-5">Ann Lee</rs>
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for herself saith that She received<lb></lb>
from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45037_n290-6">John Newman</rs>
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on the Evening of the said<lb></lb>
18th. Instant two Letters for her Master Mr. Willes,<lb></lb>
that she Observed to her Mistress that one of them had<lb></lb>
been Opened as the Wafer was Wet that the Informant<lb></lb>
delivered</p>
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