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This Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n72-1">Richard Pearson</rs>
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of London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15050_occ18">Mariner</rs>
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taken before me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace<lb></lb>
For the City of London and Liberties thereof the, <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15050_date10">Twentieth<lb></lb>
Day of January 1738</rs>
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<p n="73">This Informant on his Oath Saith that on Friday Morning between two and<lb></lb>
three oClock the fifth Day of this Instant January this Informat was on<lb></lb>
board the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15050_geo22">Sarah Hey</rs>
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then lying at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15050_geo23">Botolph Wharf</rs>
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where the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15050_occ19">Cabbin Boys</rs>
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Thomas<lb></lb>
Cock was then in the Cabbin when <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n73-5">George Strait</rs>
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of and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n73-1">John Hughes</rs>
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came on board<lb></lb>
the said Hey And said to this Informant You have a Cark of Cochineal on<lb></lb>
board wil You be Concerned to much this Informat Answered it is a Thing<lb></lb>
I did never see and dont under stand to which the said Strait if Replayed You are<lb></lb>
afraid and immediately thereupon the said Strait called to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n73-2">John Hughes</rs>
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who was Mooring of the Craft Who<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
came on board the said Hey And then went<lb></lb>
into the Hold along with said Strait And the said Stract Hughes there broke open<lb></lb>
a Cask of Cochineal in the Presence of the said Stact And this Informat And<lb></lb>
then Opened a Bag where in was Cochineal And out of it took three Handkerchiefs<lb></lb>
full and then Knocked the Cask up and Carryed the Cochineal Contained in the said<lb></lb>
Three Hankercheifs away with them the said Hughes and Stract & And this<lb></lb>
Informant saith that the said Cabbin Boy <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n73-3">Thomas Cock</rs>
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did at the time that <lb></lb>
the said Cask was breaking open Say to them the said Hughes and Stract I<lb></lb>
will give a look out while You do it and this Informant saith that this<lb></lb>
Informnt has been since, Informed by the sid <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n73-4">Thomas Cock</rs>
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that he had a<lb></lb>
Guinea Given him by them) Meaning the said Hughes and Stract who otherwise<lb></lb>
told this Informant that they had Chrated him, of his Share And this Informant<lb></lb>
further Saith that on or about the Ninth Day of this Instant January this<lb></lb>
Informant being in Company with the said Starct He the said Starct then<lb></lb>
Offered to give this Informant Two Moidores upon Condition (as their<obscured></obscured>
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belived) that this Informants should not discover the facts Aforesaid But<lb></lb>
this Informant then refused to Accept of he same altho this Informant<lb></lb>
about two Days afterwards receiv'd the same from the said Stract's Wife</p>
<p n="74">Taken the Day and Year frist<lb></lb>
abovewritten before me}</p>
<p n="75"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n75-1">Geo Champion</rs>
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<p n="76"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15050_n76-1">Richard Pearson</rs>
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