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One of His Majesty's
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George Bemfleet
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upon
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his Oath saith that he
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keeps a Shop
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in
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in the said County and sleeps there and saith that about
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Nine O'Clock on Monday Evening the 26th. of January last he shut up his Shop
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Lodging in
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calling out stop Thief one of the said
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Mathematical Instruments and several other things now produced were
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found upon him and are the property of this Informant: And this
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Informant further Saith when he left the shop about Nine OClock he
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not only shut the door thereof but Double locked it and when he came to
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examine the Lock he found it had been forced open by some Instrument or
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other And this Informant further saith that he well remembers
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a person now present who calls himself
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did a few days
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wanting to purchase a Gold seal but did not purchase any they were all
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too high Prized and he would call again And this Informant also
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particularly remembers that on the night of the robbery and a very short
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came into his Shop and purchased a Sheet
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of Cartridge Paper for which he paid Three Farthings And this
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Informant Does now believe that the coming of the said two Men to his
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Shop as aforesaid was only with a design to examine into its situation
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George Bunfleet
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upon his Oath saith that he
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of
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George Bemfleet
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and was with his
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when he
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left his shop on Monday night last and saw his Master shut up the same-
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and double Lock the door And this Informant further saith that about
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nine oClock of the said night he was shutting up the door when the person
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now present who calls himself
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Joseph Pocock
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went into the Shop and asked his
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Master for a Sheet of Cartridge paper and was served with the same by his
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said Master
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