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taken before me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
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For the City of London and Liberties thereof the,
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Twentieth
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This Informant on his Oath Saith that on Friday Morning between two and
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three oClock the fifth Day of this Instant January this Informat was on
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where the
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George Strait
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the said Hey And said to this Informant You have a Cark of Cochineal on
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board wil You be Concerned to much this Informat Answered it is a Thing
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I did never see and dont under stand to which the said Strait if Replayed You are
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afraid and immediately thereupon the said Strait called to the said
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who was Mooring of the Craft Who
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came on board the said Hey And then went
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into the Hold along with said Strait And the said Stract Hughes there broke open
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a Cask of Cochineal in the Presence of the said Stact And this Informat And
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then Opened a Bag where in was Cochineal And out of it took three Handkerchiefs
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full and then Knocked the Cask up and Carryed the Cochineal Contained in the said
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Three Hankercheifs away with them the said Hughes and Stract & And this
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Informant saith that the said Cabbin Boy
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did at the time that
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the said Cask was breaking open Say to them the said Hughes and Stract I
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will give a look out while You do it and this Informant saith that this
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Informnt has been since, Informed by the sid
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that he had a
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Guinea Given him by them) Meaning the said Hughes and Stract who otherwise
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told this Informant that they had Chrated him, of his Share And this Informant
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further Saith that on or about the Ninth Day of this Instant January this
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Informant being in Company with the said Starct He the said Starct then
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Offered to give this Informant Two Moidores upon Condition (as their
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belived) that this Informants should not discover the facts Aforesaid But
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this Informant then refused to Accept of he same altho this Informant
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about two Days afterwards receiv'd the same from the said Stract's Wife
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Taken the Day and Year frist
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