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The Information of
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Thomas Jacob
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Oath this
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Twenty fourth day of March 1774
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me
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William Peacock
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one of his Majesty's
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for the Riding aforesaid
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This Informant upon his Oath, Saith that between Fryday
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on Saturday
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Evening and Tuesday Morning last a Bureau in the compling House of this
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Informant in
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aforesaid was broke open
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by some person to this Informant unknown and there
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was feloniously Stolen thereout two Bank Notes the
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one Number 456 dated the 12th. of December 1772 for Fifty
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Pounds payable to
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Thomas Muller
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or bearer the other
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& Number 41 dated the 10th. of February 1774 for Thirty Pounds payable
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to
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or bearer but this Informant Saith
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he having lately hired one
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as his
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who under a pretence of going into the Country
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on Particular Business on Monday Evening last
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absconded from this Informants Dwelling house
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without his Knowledge from which Cause this
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Informant violently Suspected the said Richard
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Burnett to have committed the said FelonySaith
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that he this Informant on enquiry found the said
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had taken the Fly for Northa Verton
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in the Riding aforesaid on which this Informant
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pursued and at Stamford heard the said Burnett had
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attempted to get Cash for a Fifty Pounds Bank
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Note which this Informant strongly Suspected was
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the same Note as so StoleSaith he pursued him
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forward to Doncaster where this Informant was
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Informed the said Burnett had got Cash for the said
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Bank Note of one Mr. Gill in whose hands this
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Informant Yesterday saw the said Note which is the
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Same Note as was so Stole from this Informant
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Saith that last Night he apprehended the said Richard
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Burnett at Newby Wisk in the said Riding and that
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