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The joint and several Informations of Joshua
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, Lucretia the Wife of William
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, who being on Oath severally say as follows
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and first this Informant
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Joshua Humphreys
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for himself
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that the prisoner now under Examination to wit Charles
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who now says passed for his wife
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and at the time undermentioned also passed for his wife
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came to lodge as this Informants House in Bear Yard
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aforesaid on the seventh day of August last past, and
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continued to lodge there until the twenty ninth day of
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the same Month, that on that day he the said Charles
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Thompson suddenly left this Informants House, without
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giving him any Notice of his Intention of so doing and
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without pay him any money that was due
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That it was
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customary for said prisoners of ten to dine
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with him and his Family, at a Rate agreed upon for that
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purpose, and that on the same twenty ninth day of
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August the said
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dined with him this
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came home and saying he had not dined
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Informant desired said prisoner Mary to peele a
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for her Husband to eat with some Lamb which the Family
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had before dined off, that he observed her in great Confusion
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whilst she was about this, that this Informant brought up
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the Lamp and want down Stairs, and being in the Room
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under them he and his Wife through they heard then both walking about the
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Room instead of sitting to dine, and in a few Minutes said
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prisoner Mary brought down the Lamb, and this Informant
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directly went up to take away the rest of the Things and
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as soon as he got into the Room, he missed a gold repeating
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Watch which hung at the Mantle piece of the Room
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where the said Thompson had dined, and found that
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both the said prisoners had then quitted the Room, on
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which he called to his Wife to know if she had removed
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watch any where (meaning the said gold repeating
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watch, and she declaring she had not, he this Informant
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then began to fear that he was robbed, and he and his Wife
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