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The joint and several Informations of Joshua<lb></lb>
Humphreys of Bear Yard <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1233">Drury Lane</rs>
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in the County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1234">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ444">Butcher</rs>
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, Lucretia the Wife of William<lb></lb>
Green of the same place Newsman, and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1239-3">Simon Spicer</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1235">little Britain</rs>
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London Mathematical Instrument<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ445">maker</rs>
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, who being on Oath severally say as follows<lb></lb>
and first this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1239-4">Joshua Humphreys</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
that the prisoner now under Examination to wit Charles<lb></lb>
Thompson, and a Woman named <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1239-5">Mary</rs>
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who now says passed for his wife<lb></lb>
and at the time undermentioned also passed for his wife<lb></lb>
came to lodge as this Informants House in Bear Yard<lb></lb>
aforesaid on the seventh day of August last past, and<lb></lb>
continued to lodge there until the twenty ninth day of<lb></lb>
the same Month, that on that day he the said Charles<lb></lb>
Thompson suddenly left this Informants House, without<lb></lb>
giving him any Notice of his Intention of so doing and<lb></lb>
without pay him any money that was due</p>
<p n="1240">That it was<del>for</del>
customary for said prisoners of ten to dine<lb></lb>
with him and his Family, at a Rate agreed upon for that<lb></lb>
purpose, and that on the same twenty ninth day of<lb></lb>
August the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1240-1">Mary Thompson</rs>
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dined with him this<lb></lb>
Informant and his Family about two O'Clock in the<lb></lb>
day and about four O'Clock of that day the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1240-2">Charles<lb></lb>
Thompson</rs>
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came home and saying he had not dined<lb></lb>
Informant desired said prisoner Mary to peele a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ446">Cucumber</rs>
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for her Husband to eat with some Lamb which the Family<lb></lb>
had before dined off, that he observed her in great Confusion<lb></lb>
whilst she was about this, that this Informant brought up<lb></lb>
the Lamp and want down Stairs, and being in the Room<lb></lb>
under them he and his Wife through they heard then both walking about the<lb></lb>
Room instead of sitting to dine, and in a few Minutes said<lb></lb>
prisoner Mary brought down the Lamb, and this Informant<lb></lb>
directly went up to take away the rest of the Things and<lb></lb>
as soon as he got into the Room, he missed a gold repeating<lb></lb>
Watch which hung at the Mantle piece of the Room<lb></lb>
where the said Thompson had dined, and found that<lb></lb>
both the said prisoners had then quitted the Room, on<lb></lb>
which he called to his Wife to know if she had removed<lb></lb>
her<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
watch any where (meaning the said gold repeating<lb></lb>
watch, and she declaring she had not, he this Informant<lb></lb>
then began to fear that he was robbed, and he and his Wife</p>
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