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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n298-1">Henry Skinner</rs>
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taken on Oath the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15096_date34">18th. day of March 1785</rs>
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before me one of his Majesty's Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo246">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="299">Who on his Oath Saith That on Monday Evening the fourteenth<lb></lb>
day of March instant between Seven and Eight O'Clock at he<lb></lb>
was going along <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo247">Bishopsgate street</rs>
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with a Parcel under his Arm he was there Accosted by one George<lb></lb>
Reynolds the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15096_occ134">Prisoner</rs>
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now under Examination who asked this<lb></lb>
Informant how much it was after seven O'Clock, and asked likewise<lb></lb>
for a street, and entered into Conversation with this Informant<lb></lb>
this Informant then asked the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n299-1">George Reynolds</rs>
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which was<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo248">Devonshire street</rs>
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, to which Reynolds made Answer he was<lb></lb>
going two or three Doors beyond <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo249">Devonshire street</rs>
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, and he<lb></lb>
would shaw him, Reynolds then asked this Informant to lett<lb></lb>
him carry this Informants Bundle, and offered him a shilling<lb></lb>
to buy a two penny Cheescake but Informant not consenting<lb></lb>
thereto, the Prisoner Reynolds then matched the Bundle from<lb></lb>
under his Arm and ran down <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo250">Devonshire street</rs>
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towards Pettycoat<lb></lb>
Lane, and this Informant after him calling out stop thief, and<lb></lb>
immediately two men Came up to this Informant one of whom<lb></lb>
kicked up his heels and fell over him and Damn'd him<lb></lb>
and asked him what he lay there for, and in the mean<lb></lb>
time the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n299-3">George Reynolds</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15096_occ135">Prisoner</rs>
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was quite out<lb></lb>
of Sight with the Bundle containing agreed many pair of Cotton<lb></lb>
Stockings the property of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n299-4">Robert Cox</rs>
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his Master</p>
<p n="300">Taken and Sworn the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15096_date35">18th. day of March 1785</rs>
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before me}</p>
<p n="301">D Wilmot</p>
<p n="302">The mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n302-1">Henry<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Skinner</rs>
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