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<p n="927"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London to wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n927-1">Joseph Cookson</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
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, London, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ326">Cheesemonger</rs>
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Who being<lb></lb>
on Oath saith, that on Thursday Afternoon last,<lb></lb>
about Four O'Clock, the Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n927-2">Ann Morgan</rs>
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now<lb></lb>
under Examination, came to the Shop of him this<lb></lb>
Informant, and cheapened several Pieces of Baron and had<lb></lb>
them weighedSays, that before this time, he<lb></lb>
had cut the Bacon now produced, into two Pieces,<lb></lb>
and laid them in the ShopSays, that being<lb></lb>
informed by a Customer in the Shop, whom he<lb></lb>
does not know, that the Prisoner had taken some<lb></lb>
Bacon, he followed her into the Market, and on<lb></lb>
putting the Prisoners Cloak aside, he saw the<lb></lb>
Bacon now produced concealed under itSays,<lb></lb>
that he took the Bacon from her, and she<lb></lb>
acknowledged to have stolen it, fell upon her<lb></lb>
Knees and begged for Mercy.</p>
<p n="928">Taken and Sworn at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo937">Guildhall</rs>
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London the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15092_date91">18th Day of June<lb></lb>
1781</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n928-1">William Gill</rs>
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<p n="929"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n929-1">Jos Cookson</rs>
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