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<p n="21">London Ss.<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n21-1">John Welsford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo9">Lad Lane</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo10">London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15100_occ3">Warehouseman</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n21-2">Joseph<lb></lb>
Jackson</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15100_occ4">Servant</rs>
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to him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n21-4">John Welsford</rs>
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. taken<lb></lb>
upon Oath this <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15100_date7">second day of January 1788</rs>
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before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15100_occ5">one of the Alderman</rs>
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of the said City.</p>
<p n="22">First this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-1">John Welsford</rs>
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for himself saith that on<lb></lb>
or about the twenty third Day of December last he received a Letter<lb></lb>
from the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-2">Joseph Jackson</rs>
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acquainting him that he<lb></lb>
Suspected the Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-3">John Langford</rs>
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of having robbed this Informant<lb></lb>
of several Goods in his Warehouse, and that in Consequence of such<lb></lb>
Information<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Informant on the twenty fourth of last Month came to<lb></lb>
London and on Friday last Informant charged the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-4">John Langford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
with having robbed this Informant, when the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-5">John Langford</rs>
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confessed<lb></lb>
that he had stolen out of this Informant's Warehouse in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo11">Lad Lane</rs>
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at different<lb></lb>
Times several Quantities of Silk Twist Buttons Ferrett and Thread which<lb></lb>
he had concealed in the lower Warehouse previous to his taking them<lb></lb>
away And Informant further saith that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-6">John Langford</rs>
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having<lb></lb>
also confessed to him that he was induced to commit such Robbery by<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-7">Robert Kimber</rs>
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this Informant's last <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15100_occ6">Servant</rs>
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, he this Informant, procurd<lb></lb>
a Warrant to search the Apartments of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-8">Robert Kimber</rs>
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near<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo12">Rosamond's Row</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo13">Saint James Clerkenwell</rs>
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and this<lb></lb>
Informant upon such Search found in a Box in the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-9">Robert Kimber</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Apartment to the Amount of thirty seven Pounds and sixteen Shilling"<lb></lb>
in Cash and Bank Notes And Informant further saith that the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-10">Robert Kimber</rs>
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confessed to him that he had received several Quantities of<lb></lb>
Goods stolen by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-11">John Langford</rs>
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and which he, the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-17">Robert<lb></lb>
Kimber</rs>
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had sold to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-12">William Annand</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo14">Shoemaker Row</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15100_geo15">near Aldgate</rs>
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<lb></lb>
London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15100_occ7">Piece-Broker</rs>
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, whereupon Informant procured a Search Warrant<lb></lb>
and upon searching the House of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-13">William Annand</rs>
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this Informant<lb></lb>
found four Gross of plated Buttons, three Pounds Weight of Silk of different<lb></lb>
Colours, half a Pound Weight of Silk Twist and one Pound Weight of Thread<lb></lb>
"And this Informant further saith that the aforesaid Silk, Twist, and Thread<lb></lb>
so found at the House of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-14">William Annand</rs>
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and now produced, are,<lb></lb>
as he verily believes the Property of him this Informant; And Informant<lb></lb>
further saith that upon finding his Property in the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-15">William Annand</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
House, he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n22-16">William Annand</rs>
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tore off Part of this Informant's Shop Mark<lb></lb>
from one Parcel<del>Gross</del>
of the Plated Buttons.</p>
<p n="23">And this Informant, the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n23-1">Joseph Jackson</rs>
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, for himself saith that on<lb></lb>
the eleventh day of December last he found four Pounds Wright of Thread, and<lb></lb>
a Piece of Silk Ferret containing about twenty four Yards concealed in the<lb></lb>
lower Warehouse belonging to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15100_n23-2">John Welsford</rs>
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among a Parcel of<lb></lb>
Wrappers, and at several other days this Informant discovered several<lb></lb>
Quantities of Buttons, Silk, Twist, and Thread concealed in the like Manner</p>
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