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The Voluntary Information and Confession of
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Taken the day and
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Year above written before me One of his Majesty's Justice of the peace in and for the
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Says he is Apprentice to
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of the ship Themis from
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lying in
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and That he was ordered to Watch a Lighter of Iron lying at the feed of
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the said Ship last night after the Cabin Boy had left his Watch Says about
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the hour of
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Seven last night he went with
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and another Young fellow to a Booth on the Ice near Cole Stairs
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Shadwell to drink and about the hour of twelve or One a near as he
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can tell. They all went to the Said Lighter and he went on board Said
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Ship where he stayed until the Iron was taken out of the Said Lighter
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by
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and the Young man who he doth not Know by name
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which they carryed and laid in a West County Barge lying near
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untill a Conveniency offered to take it on Shore And
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all of them went to the Booth again where they Staid until about
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the hour of Three this Morning when they went to the Said Barge
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it on Shore when he left them and went to sleep in a house
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where he was disturbed and escaped being taken at the time
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further Says last night about the hour of Six he with
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Rutledge took Two Barrs of from out of the Said Lighter and
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and sold them to Mangear who keeps
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a Smiths Shop near for Six Shillings which they Shared between them
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and that the four pieces of Iron produced are past of the Said Two Bars of Iron
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his
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Mark
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Cuthbert Rutledge
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Says last night between the hours of Six and Seven
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hired him to half carry Two barrs of Iron which were laying on the
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See between the Booth and lighter of Iron Which he did and then Wacted
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at Cole Stairs while Freeman wet with a Man with Said Two Barrs to sall
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them. That Freeman Soon returned and gave him half a Crown for his
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Trouble bidding him not to fear the Said Iron was cut up in Junts
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and told him if he was in the way he would give him another Jobb
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and went to drink at the Booth where Butler came and another a person
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whose name is
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who went out at times with Freeman
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to the Saw Lighter and about the hour of Two this morning the said
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tired him,
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Nicholas Lewis
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to And
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the Three Barrs of Iron produced on Shephard Wharf and went
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away saying he would See them and pay them for what they had
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done
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Taken Signed and declared to be the Truth
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the
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8th. of Jany. 1789
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Before me
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John Staples
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Says last night About the hour of Eleven last night he
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went to the Booth on the Ice near
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and drinked with the
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Said Rutledge Freeman and LewisThat Lewis went out with Freeman
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Several timesAnd about the hour of Two Freeman Spoke to him Lewis and
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Rutledge to help him on Shore with Some barrs of Iron and if, he would go.
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and help to take the Barrs of Iron out of that Lighter he would make a Shamfire
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that he refused to go into the Croft That he helped to land the Said Iron on the
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John Freeman
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promising to pay them frist
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p
>
<
p
n
=
"502"
>
Taken Signed and declared to be the Truth
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the
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rs
type
=
"date"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_date95"
>
8th. of Jany 1789
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_date95"
type
=
"date"
value
=
"17890108"
>
</
interp
>
Before me
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n502-1"
>
John Staples
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rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n502-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n502-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Staples"
>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n502-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"503"
>
<
rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
John Butler
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n503-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
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interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n503-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Butler"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n503-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"504"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-1"
>
John Freeman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Freeman"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
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>
admitted an Evidence for the Crown and Sworn
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
before me the
<
rs
type
=
"date"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_date96"
>
20 th of Jany 1789
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_date96"
type
=
"date"
value
=
"17890120"
>
</
interp
>
Before me
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-2"
>
John Staples
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-2"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-2"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Staples"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n504-2"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
</
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>
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