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Ticket Porter
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Maketh Oath
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that on or about the Seventeenth day of September
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last past he this Deponant in Company with William
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Slate
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Richard Smith
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Samuel Hinton
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Joseph Lawrence
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and one Major did Steal & bear away Sundry parcels
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Beeswax
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from off Wooll Key near the Custom
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house London amounting in the whole to
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about
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One hundred thirty eight pound Weight and upwards the Goods
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and Property of persons unknown And this deponant
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further saith that he this deponant & the sd.
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Richard Smith
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had for their Share Sixty Six pound Weight of the sd.
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quantity of
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which they in Company together
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sold And delivered to Mary Haward at the Price of Seven
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pence per pound & this deponant received of her for the
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same eight & thirty Shillings & Six pence which was equally
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devided between this Deponant & the sd.
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Richard Smith
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And this Deponant further saith that the said
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Mary Howard
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well knew the said Sixty Six pound of
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was Stollen for
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that this deponant did then acquainte her how he Came by it
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And this deponant Saith that he Saw the abovenamed
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William
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Steal take & bear away from the sd Keys a quantity
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of the Weight of twenty four pounds
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and the deponant was Informed by the sd. Wm Slate that
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he had Sold the sd. quantity of
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to the sd. Mary
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Haward which the sd. Mary Haward likewise acknowledged
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to him this deponant And this Deponant further said that
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one
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Joseph Lawrence
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did at the same time Steal take and
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bear away from off of the sd. Key one other Pavel of the sd
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Beeswax which was Carried and delivered to the shop of
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a
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near White Chappell Church & there Weighed
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at forty Eight pound and the youngman of the shop gave
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the sd. Lawrence a Note of the Weight & directed him to Call the
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next Morning when his Uncle was at home for the mony
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And this deponant further saith that he saw the said Samuel
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Hinton & Major Steal take & bear away from off the sd.
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Keys one other quantity of the sd. Wax the
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weight whereof
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this deponant Cannot tell
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Sworn the
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7th day of November
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1733
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In London before me
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Wm Billers Mayor
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his
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Nicholas
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Archer
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