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The Information of Adam
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Wragg taken before Me
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for the said City this
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Twenty fourth
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Saith that the Acquaintance of him this Informant
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with the Two Jews
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Barnard Hyams
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and Samuel Benjamin
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commenced about Eight Months ago at
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when
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one of them asked Informant if he would buy a Hat, and
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that Informant replied he did not want one, That the said
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Hyams and Benjamin then sayd if he this Informant liked
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either of their Hate they would exchange with him this In-
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-formant for any kind of Goods. That Informant met the
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said Hyams and Benjamin again, and agreed to carry them
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two Silk Handkerchiefs, which Informant valued about Nine
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Shillings, and received for the said two Handkerchiefs one Hat of the
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said Hyams and Benjamin. That they the said Hyams and
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Benjamin sayd they were Brothers and
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one of them sayd
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to Informant I suppose you live at a Shop or Warehouse
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and wished to know if Informant could get any more Goods
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and that He would buy them of this Informant and give
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for them a good Price. That about five Days after Infor-
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mant took to the said Hyams and Benjamin two other Hand-
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-kerchiefs and received for the same five Shillings, and that the
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said Hyams and Benjamin asked Informant to bring Some
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-thing of greater Value, and sayd to Informant that Several
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Young Men from Shops and Warehouses did So, and that
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they the said Hyams and Benjamin always sent the same
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abroad. That the said Hyams and Benjamin asked this Infor-
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-mant what Goods Informant's Master dealt in, but she said
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