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Elizabeth Ford
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Majesty's
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This Informant upon her Oath Saith that she hath
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that upon Tuesday the
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28th. Inst. just before the Watch went Nine she was going home to where
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in the said
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by Reynolds and another Man and Reynolds gave her a knock of the
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Elbow which she did not know the meaning of when he and the other
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Man went on very first towards home whither she followed then directly
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that when she came into
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Room Reynolds and one
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Joseph
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there and she saw each of them Pull some things
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out of their several Pockets which things appeared to this Informant
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to be Silks and Stuffs that they just laid the said things down
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and went out of the Room again directly in about a Quarter of
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an hour they both returned and each of them brought a considerable
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Quantity more but where they got them this Informant did not
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know after this they divided the said things into three parts and left
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them in the said Room that night that this Informant heard it declared
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by Pocock and Reynolds that the said three Parts so divided were for
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the shows of Reynolds Pocock, and one Harding whom she understood
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from the said two Men had been sent to Watch the motions of the
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Master of a Shop where she since understands they broke into
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and was not therefore actually present at the time of the
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Robbery This Informant further saith that Pocock took his Share away with
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him that night and the next Morning about
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Ten o Clock the next Morning Pocock with his Wife came to the said apartment and took
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Hardings Share away with them saying they came for it by his
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Sworn before me the Day and
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Year first above Written}
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